Stiffleaf's photos

branscombe church

18 Jul 2010 122
c15 mural depicting death admonishing lust

branscombe church

18 Jul 2010 130
the c15 font has a green man spewing foliage around the base of the bowl

branscombe church

18 Jul 2010 117
the c15 font has a green man spewing foliage around the base of the bowl

branscombe church

18 Jul 2010 113
c12 tower and nave , c13 transepts and western extension, c14 w. window and chancel

sidbury church

18 Jul 2010 107
mid c12 corbel table from the western half of the chancel. monkey and muzzled bear from the north .

sidbury church

18 Jul 2010 107
mid c12 anthropophagus corbel from the south western half of the chancel.

sidbury church

18 Jul 2010 111
mid c12 corbel of a miser from the south western half of the chancel.

sidbury church

18 Jul 2010 98
the parapet of the west gallery was renewed in 1754

sidbury church

18 Jul 2010 110
the parapet of the west gallery was renewed in 1754. the angel is of c.1620 from the pulpit tester

sidbury church

18 Jul 2010 124
the font of c.1450 is the only one which I have ever seen fitted with a lock rather than staples for a padlock: in fact it looks as if a staple has been broken away above it here. could this be a marian makeshift?

sidbury church

18 Jul 2010 106
one of 7 green men of the c16 in trails below the wagon roofs of the aisles

sidbury church

18 Jul 2010 103
nave of c1190

sidbury church

18 Jul 2010 118
the carved archivaults of the eastern ends of the aisles probably date from the early c16

sidbury church

18 Jul 2010 106
the carved archivaults of the eastern ends of the aisles probably date from the early c16

sidbury church

18 Jul 2010 102
the carved archivaults of the eastern ends of the aisles probably date from the early c16

sidbury church

18 Jul 2010 95
the carved archivaults of the eastern ends of the aisles probably date from the early c16

sidbury church

18 Jul 2010 98
the carved archivaults of the eastern ends of the aisles probably date from the early c16

sidbury church

18 Jul 2010 97
this angel once topped the tester of the pulpit of c.1620

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