An old sign from the AA resurrected in the centre of a small north Devon village - Monkokehampton

Happy Easter #SundayYellow & #SignsonSunday from the centre of England :-) Bugger London ;-)

#Monkokehampton #Okehampton #Iddesleigh #Devon #London
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Photography #Landscape

A fire hydrant sign can be seen in the grass on the edge of a stone-wall bank. Behind & on top of the bank is a barn largely made of corrugated iron that is rusting in places.

It's #FireHydrantFriday again in association with #ruralgrot 😀

This beauty is nestling within an overgrown stone bank with a backdrop of a typical farmers barn repaired with corrugated iron.

#Photography #Rural
#Devon #Monkokehampton

2025. The Elizabethan barn at Monkokehampton, north Devon. The door and walls remain as they were when photographed in 1976.

1976. Richard Pearce, farmer, is seen exiting his barn. Photograph by James #Ravilious. Copyright Beaford Archive, 1976

"Barn at Monkokehampton"

Two photos of an Elizabethan barn deep in North #Devon - 50 years apart.

#EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #rural #Ravilious #PhotographersofBluesky #LandscapePhotography #farm #countryside #history #Monochrome #WallsonWednesday #barn #doors #Monkokehampton

#Monkokehampton Corn Mill for #WindowsonWednesday in association with #ruralgrot.

#EastCoastKin #Photography #PhotograpersofBluesky #Abandoned #Devon #rural #19thC

Photograph shows a piece of wood fixed to a whitewashed wall in a church. The whitewash is peeling and cracked. On the wooden rail are brass coat-hooks on which are hanging cleaning cloths and a broom.

"Belltower at Monkokehampton Church"

Buried deep in the quiet hills of north #Devon is this wonderful church - a early pre-colour #notRothko For #TextureTuesday

#EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #Monochrome #Mono #BlackandWhite #bnw #Monkokehampton #rural #PhotographersofBluesky #Photography

An old corn mill stands abandoned deep in the countryside. In the foreground are overgrown bushes.

"Monkokehampton Mill"

The old corn mill at #Monkokehampton, #Devon for #ruralgrot.

#EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #Monochrome #BlackandWhite #bnw #Mono #PhotographersofBluesky #Derelict #Abandoned #countryside #rural #Photography #Landscape #Architecture #LandscapePhotography

A stained glass window behind and above the altar in a church.

East Window, #Monkokehampton #Church, #Devon for #BlueSkyArtShow #Arch.

A stained-glass window by Robert Beer of #Exeter (1758-1850). It was exhibited at the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace in 1851 & is a particularly noteworthy example of the 19thC renaissance of medieval glass makers.

A view of a church bell tower looking up when inside. Arches for the door and window can be seen top and bottom, reinforcement bars that held the original ropes can be seen across the scene. The holes in the ceiling were for the original ropes. Fixed to the walls left & right are stone plaques.

The bell-tower of #Monkokehampton #church, #Devon.

Obviously had to lie down for this one...

#BlueSkyArtShow #Arch

#PhotographersofBluesky #architecture #photography

An window in an old mill. The left half is glazed, yet the right side has no glazing but instead a shutter.

Window, Corn Mill, #Monkokehampton, #Devon

For #WindowsOnWednesday in association with #ruralgrot

#EastCoastKin #Abandoned #Derelict #rural #grunge #PhotographersofBluesky #Landscape #building #19thC #Architecture

Abandoned and rusting old petrol pump outside a similarly abandoned Corn Mill.

"Abandoned Petrol Pump"

Another photograph in my #ruralgrot series.

#BlueSkyArtShow #TheJourney #EastCoastKin #derelict #abandoned #Devon #Monkokehampton #Photography

Photograph shows an old boarded up window in a farmers stone barn.

Barn window, #Monkokehampton, #Devon. For @richardmortimer.bsky.social to remind him of his old stamping ground. The village has a population of 139.

#EastCoastKin
#WindowsonWednesday
#Abandoned & #Derelict - but not quite!
#Farm #Barn #PhotographersofBluesky #Photography #Architecture #stone

My 2025 shot of the same building. The PO and shop has long closed since James Ravilious captured it in January 1976. See other image.

James Ravilious's 1976 capture of the Post Office and shop in Monkokehampton, Devon. Girl leaving sweetshop to cycle home with sweets! [A girl leaving Monkokehampton Post Office, with sweets. Her bicycle is leaning against the kerb. A display of sweet jars is visible in the Post Office window and a postbox is to the right of the shop door.]

One of my favourite photographers, James Ravilious, captured the #PostOffice in #Monkokehampton, #Devon in 1976. Here's my 2025 shot. The PO, along with the pub, school and blacksmiths, are now closed.

#EastCoastKin #History #Photography #Architecture #buildings #PhotographersofBluesky

Notice on church interior "The Incorporated Society for Building and Churches granted £20 towards rebuilding this church, upon condition that 72 seats, numbered 1 to 15, be reserved for the use of the poorer inhabitants of this parish'. All Saints, Monkokehampton, Devon, 1855

"Detail of Church Interior"

All Saints #Church, #Monkokehampton, #Devon.
One of the things I like about old buildings are the details... this dates from the rebuilding in 1855 following a fire that left only the 14thC tower. #Photography #Architecture #history #buildings