“Do I look old to you?”
Well, yeah you do, because you’re well over 850 years old.
North-east doorway of the cellar at Byland Abbey, with primary-phase iron pintles and a drawbar slot.

“Do I look old to you?”
Well, yeah you do, because you’re well over 850 years old.
North-east doorway of the cellar at Byland Abbey, with primary-phase iron pintles and a drawbar slot.
Eaten alive by the acid of ages, the old arch at Bakewell bares its scars bravely. All Saints church, Bakewell, Derbyshire is a truly fascinating building with relics stretching as far back as the Anglo Saxon period. #medieval #AdoorableThursday
Hidden from view behind an old buttress and framed by a unique stone door frame - a charming and beautifully adorned chancel door beckons to the curious.
⛪ The Parish Church of St Oswald. Fulford. York. UK.
Helmsley, Yorkshire #AdoorableThursday
There's something about the pattern of the bricks surrounding the vestry door at St Andrew's, Chesterton, Cambridge which is very pleasing to the eye indeed. They were added to the church in 1934.
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Sainte-Croix, Bordeaux, France
A wonderful #Romanesque portal
The 19th Century architect, Paul Abadie, remodelled the west facade, but probably did not alter such great carvings
🙏 @horatioforever.bsky.social for such a wonderful first introduction to Bordeaux
#AdoorableThursday #Bronte birthplace, Market Street, Thornton, #Bradford @visitbradford.bsky.social
Adjacent doors in a Woodbridge terrace. Must have looked identical when built but since then all the details have changed.
#AdoorableThursday #Suffolk
Hypocaust remains from the Commanding Officer’s House (Praetorium) at Chesters Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #ChestersRomanFort #HadriansWall
For #adoorableThursday, Cathédrale Saint-Vincent de Chalon-sur-Saône.
The 15th century west tower doorway of St Mary & St Bartholomew’s Church at Cranborne in Dorset. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #Cranborne #Dorset
Le-Puy-en-Velay
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Carlisle Castle wicket gate in the main castle doors. Not sure how old the doors are but the castle was last attacked, by British Government forces, at the end of the Jacobite rebellion in December 1745.
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#alphabetchallenge
#weekLforLookingIn
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John Wesley chapel.
Plas Newydd, Llangollen #adoorablethursday