Stiffleaf's photos

belchamp walter, mystery mural

belchamp walter, mystery mural

03 May 2010 118
c14 wall painting, with pride on the left, and the mystery skeletal figure on the right.
belchamp walter virgin

belchamp walter virgin

03 May 2010 133
c14 wall painting of virgin suckling child. donor? figure on right.there is a tower to the left behind her with at least one figure standing in it with their hand up, and the donor has her hands up holding faint prayer beads, with an angel top right who seems to be lowering something/ swinging a censor? a bird sits on the top left pinnacle of mary's ogee canopy.
belchamp walter, undated window

belchamp walter, undated window

03 May 2010 115
odd concave splay and general precision about this window make me feel that it may be of the date of the glass, 1851
belchamp walter church essex,c14 nave interior with chimney from tortoise stove going up into roof and good victorian corona.

belchamp walter church essex,c14 nave interior wit…

03 May 2010 132
belchamp walter glass

belchamp walter glass

03 May 2010 154
stained glass virgin claimed by guide and some books to be c14. I think modern
belchamp walter glass, 1851

belchamp walter glass, 1851

03 May 2010 140
heraldic glass dated 1851 in chancel
belchamp walter 1851 glass

belchamp walter 1851 glass

03 May 2010 110
st.peter above st . george
belchamp walter 1851 glass

belchamp walter 1851 glass

03 May 2010 175
st michael and the dragon
belchamp walter, angel with skull, belchamp walter,essex, c18,1720 tomb of john raymond, signed robert taylor snr.

belchamp walter, angel with skull, belchamp walter…

03 May 2010 134
1720 tomb of john raymond, signed robert taylor snr.
belchamp walter,essex, c18,1720 tomb of john raymond, signed robert taylor snr.

belchamp walter,essex, c18,1720 tomb of john raym…

03 May 2010 137
belchamp walter essex ,c14 nave with great c19 tortoise stove still in place, still working and giving the church an evocative smell. long may it and its chimney last, most have been tidied away in other churches, removing a layer of the past which, once

belchamp walter essex ,c14 nave with great c19 tor…

03 May 2010 123
belchamp walter c12 font

belchamp walter c12 font

03 May 2010 149
top of beaded interlace sliced off
belchamp walter c19 tiles

belchamp walter c19 tiles

03 May 2010 105
raised minton tiles on east wall of the chancel, prob. late c19
belchamp walter, essex tortoise stove

belchamp walter, essex tortoise stove

03 May 2010 119
c19, still working in the centre aisle of the church, smells great!
belchamp hall, belchamp walter

belchamp hall, belchamp walter

03 May 2010 99
built for john raymond in 1720, the family still live here
belchamp walter tower c15

belchamp walter tower c15

03 May 2010 109
great yeldham west tower c15

great yeldham west tower c15

03 May 2010 111
great yeldham porch c14

great yeldham porch c14

03 May 2010 123
started as a porch tower, then superceeded by the more regular late c15 western tower. finally given a c16 brick stepped gable
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