The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Loose ends. Churches with truly wondrous windows #FromInsideOut #StCongarBadgworth #StPeterBleadon #StMatthewWookey
Sometimes #JustPlainGlass is all you need
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The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Loose ends. Churches with heavenly hagioscopes (or superlative squints) #StJohnAxbridge #HolyCrossMark #StMatthewWookey
No. It's not lepers
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The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Loose ends. Churches with remarkable roofs. #StJohnAxbridge #StAndrewCheddar #HolyCrossMark
Mouse love roof timbers and these are all well worth a look
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The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Loose ends. Churches with ceilings worth celebrating. #StJohnAxbridge #StAndrewCheddar #StAndrewLoxton
Mouse may be in the gutter (again)
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The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Churches with an impressive organ. Time for #FridayPipes #StAndrewCheddar #StGregoryWeare #StJamesWinscombe
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The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Places to find a perfect #Pintle #HolyCrossMark #StLeonardRodneyStoke #StPeterBleadon #HolyCrossMark #StMatthewWookey #FerrousFriday
You didn't think you'd get away that easily
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The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Churches with the enduring allure of #ChurchDoorFittings #StMaryWedmore #HolyCrossMark #StMatthewWookey #FerrousFriday
If this is your thing, check out Wedmore. Truly beautiful
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The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Churches with a #FabbyFont #StCongarBadgworth #StAndrewCheddar #StAndrewComptonBishop #FontsOnFiday
Mouse favour fonts from the High Medieval rather than elaborate Perpendicular
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The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Churches with with a #DoorInMidAir (or more) #StAndrewLoxton #StAndrewCheddar #StPeterBleadon #AdoorableThursday
A recent Mouse passion, all things rood #ItWouldBeRoodNotTo
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The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Churches with outstanding overthrows on their gates #StJohnBiddisham #StLeonardRodneyStoke #StCongarBadgworth #Thursgate #IronworkThursday
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If Mouse talking doors on her nostalgic tour of the #BestOfTheRiverAxeChurches then this pure Norman Romanesque beauty of a doorway has to get an honorable mention. The door and #ChurchDoorFittings aint half bad either #AdoorableThursday from #StMaryChriston #Somerset
The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Churches with a delectable #Doornucopia of doors #StMatthewWookey #StMaryWedmore #HolyCrossMark #AdoorableThursday
Texture of stone. Patina of wood. Contrasts.
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The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Churches with #GloriousGateage #StLawrenceWestbury #StMatthewWookey #StGregoryWeare #Thursgate
Gates of all shapes and sizes. All with one thing in common. Beauty.
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While Mouse thinking about porches (which she was) on her #BestOfTheRiverAxeChurches reverie, here is a reminder of the porch of #StMaryChriston #Somerset. Pure Norman and always in Mouse's heart. Probably Mouse's favourite photo too #AdoorableThursday
The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Churches with proud porches #StAndrewCheddar #HolyCrossMark #StJamesWinscombe #AdoorableThursday
"One of these porches is not like the other ones"🎵🎶 (niche). And yes there are niches
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The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Churches with remarkable rood turrets #StJamesWinscombe #StJohnAxbridge #StAndrewCheddar #TowerTuesday
Amazing how many survive here so long after the rood disappeared
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The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Churches with a triumph of tracery #StJohnAxbridge #HolyCrossMark #StMaryWedmore #TraceryTesday
A panoply of pure Perpy perfection
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The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Churches with stunning stair turrets #StPeterBleadon #HolyCrossMark #StMatthewWookey #TowerTuesday
Another signature of churches on the River Axe; polygonal stair turrets. Lovely
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The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Churches with tremendous tiles #StJohnBiddisham #StMaryChriston #StLawrenceWestbury #TilesOnTuesday
Good tiles. A thing Mouse see least on her travels. No more than a third of churches
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The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Churches with perfect Perpendicular towers #StJohnAxbridge #StMaryWedmore #StJamesWinscombe #TowerTuesday
Mouse spoilt for choice again but these are a characteristic of the Axe
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The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Churches with a pleasing #Piscina #StLeonardRodneyStoke #StGregoryWeare #StLawrenceWestbury #StonemasonryMonday
Mouse spoilt for choice but these are lovely examples
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The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Churches with magnificent monuments #StLeonardRodneyStoke #StJohnAxbridge #StLawrenceWestbury #StonemasonryMonday
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The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Churches with views of vaulting #StJohnAxbridge #StAndrewCheddar #StMaryWedmore #StonemasonryMonday
The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Pleasing pulpits #StAndrewCheddar #StPeterBleadon #StCongarBadgworth #SundaySermons
The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Through chancel arch #StJohnAxbridge #StJamesWinscombe #StAndrewCheddar #StoneworkSunday #SundayStonework
The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Stunning stained glass #StPeterBleadon #StAndrewLoxton #StMaryWedmore #StainedGlassSunday #ItsAllAboutTheLight
Sanctuary
This week Mouse search for the #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset. Here are three wonderful places of sanctuary #StJohnBiddisham #StGregoryWeare #StLawrenceWestbury
