Norton-sub-Hamdon Church

Beautiful church and first of all very interesting dovecote!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!!!
Have a nice saturday evening!!!!!!
Amicalement.

Thank you for your very kind comments Nouchet.
Have a lovely evening.

Wonderful images Rosa. The church is quite majestic with that lovely tower - and looks fantastic in the sunshine. The dovecote images are fascinating. I especially like the 2nd one with the gravestones in the foreground. It seems very substantial for a dovecote, which I find unusual, it's solidly built with huge buttresses on the sides! I wonder if it was originally used for something else?

I had hoped to get out with the camera today, but it's hardly stopped raining for the last two days, and it doesn't look to be getting any better soon! I hope you're faring better :-)

Thank you very much Keith. A good job I went out that day, as we haven't had much sunshine since! I haven't found out much about the dovecote other than it is thought to have been part of a medieval complex attached to The Priory, in nearby Stoke-sub-Hamdon.

No trips with the camera here either Keith. Let's hope for better weather next week!

Très belles photos. Nicole. HFF.

Merci beaucoup Nicole.
Wishing you a good evening.

A fine main image Rosa. The road leads the eye to the impressive tower of the church which itself looks wonderful with the sunlight highlighting the honey colour of the stonework. The dovecote is an impressive structure (lucky doves) and looks right at home among the headstones of the departed.

Thank you for your kind comments Doug. We were very lucky to have such good weather on that day. The sun on the mellow stone makes all the difference.

All the best, Rosa.

Twoo beautiful buildings; well captured Rosa.

Thank you very much Jaap.

An impressive series of very nice architecture, Rosa !

Thank you for you kind comments Ulrich.

A nice view of the complete church and the dovecote, can you go in the dovecote? they would have been a bit grim when full of birds. I hope you are having a good weekend Rosalyn, quite nice today after yesterdays rain

I didn't try the door Peter. I didn't see any birds around it either. I think you must have had a better day yesterday than us. I was hoping to go out this afternoon, if the rain stops. Hope you are having a good Sunday too.

Lovely looking church Rosalyn, Dovecote is a new term for me but I see it is really a posh Avery.
Excellent photography on the Church and two PIPS, Clear bright and crisp helped by good light.

Unusual to see one so close to the church Maurice. It is thought that it may have been part of the large priory that was in the nearby village of Stoke-sub-Hamdon. I find good weather makes photography so much easier :)

A beautifully composed shot of the church. The tower is very impressive as are its upper windows. An exceptionally grand dovecote. It's lovely, especially the ornamented top.

Thank you very much Jean. The tower is very imposing as you walk down the lane. There was a little Victorian school house to the right of it, but for some reason I didn't get a picture!

Magnifique et admirablement rendue..!
Une superbe et belle page d'histoire.
Happy Sunday.

Thank you for your lovely comments Malik.
Wishing you a good Sunday. Rosa.

BEAUTIFUL PLACE

Thank you Pam. A delightful village.

Qqué tomas más bonitas y qué hermosa arquitectura!.

Thank you for your very kind comments Marije.

That's a very imposing church, Rosa. I love the dovecote, especially the second PiP, in the cemetery.

It is unusual to see them in a church yard, but I just remembered another in North Cadbury. I think I put some pic's om Panoramio...but that was a long time ago now!

A very well done set of photos! The tower is unusually high, the mellow stone looks beautiful in the sunlight. I like the idea of having a dovecote in the cemetery.

Thank you Gudrun. It is unusual but I just remarked to Amelia that I have remembered another and had put a picture on Panoramio once :)

A lovely set of images, Rosa. I'm not familiar with dovecotes, so looked it up - then found myself wondering what it's doing in the grounds of the church.

It took me a while to find anything about this particular dovecote George, and it seems it may have been part of a medieval complex attached to The Priory, in nearby Stoke-sub-Hamdon.
Thank you for your kind comments. I hope your wife is recovering well. My best wishes for a good week ahead to you both.

Wonderful series of images. Well done Rosalyn Regards Tess.

Thank you very much Tess.

Not too sure, but I think that these square bell towers are very typical of England ... and those VERY OLD cemeteries too .... Can you still read some names or dates on the graves ?
Beautiful and very interesting photographs, Rosalyn.

Yes they are quite typical Christiane. Sometimes a small village has a large church and you wonder why, but looking at the history, this one was part of a large priory in medieval times.
I couldn't read the very oldest gravestones unfortunately.
Thank you for your kind compliment.

Interessante Toren ,,, en andere fotos

Thank you Fred.

Wonderful series of images in beautiful sunlight Rosa,
I do like the stone colour on the church.

Thank you Roger. It was delightful on such a lovely, sunny day.

These old grave stones can surely tell stories....you know, I love what your country shows to me :)