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Greyfriars Chapel, Canterbury

Canterbury has long been an important centre of Christianity in England. Augustine began his mission to convert the Anglo-Saxons in 597, and the murder of St Thomas Beckett in the 12th century resulted in Canterbury becoming a centre of pilgrimage until the English Reformation in the 16th century. The Greyfriars built the earliest Franciscan friaryContinue reading “Greyfriars Chapel, Canterbury”

Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine’s Abbey and St Martins’s Church

Views from the cemetery of St Martins in Canterbury overlooking Canterbury Cathedral and within the boundary of the World Heritage Site. A fascinating history stretching back over 1700 years from the earliest remains of the Roman mausoleum outside the Roman Civitas of Durovernum Cantiacorum, which was later rebuilt and converted to a church in theContinue reading “Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine’s Abbey and St Martins’s Church”

Ripon Workhouse

Ripon Workhouse Museum is one of the biggest and most important in Yorkshire with vagrant cells, dining halls and restored kitchen garden. Built in 1854, it housed inmates until 1976 before becoming council offices. With funding from the HLF the building has been restored and now houses the Workhouse Museum.

Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire

Fountains Abbey, gardens and parkland is absolutely stunning. It is one of the best preserved Cistercian monasteries in England and It was designated a World Heritage Site in 1987.I could write so much more about this site but the photos give you an idea of its former grandeur.

Gawthorpe Hall, Yorkshire

Gawthorpe Hall – Grade I. Interesting walk around this Jacobean Manor House, architecture very similar to Hardwick Hall. The architect is thought to be Robert Smythson who designed Hardwick Hall. Internal alterations were carried out in the C19 by Sir Charles Barry with the help of Augustus Pugin. I like the Minton tiles, very similarContinue reading “Gawthorpe Hall, Yorkshire”

The Norman House, Christchurch

The Norman House, Christchurch – one of the few remaining examples of domestic Norman architecture in England. Dating from the C12 and home to the Lord or Christchurch. The chimney is thought to be Norman although it seems to me it could have been added at a later date when the building was altered.