The enduring allure of #ChurchDoorFittings
The decoration of the straps is original and to a similar, but somewhat less expansive, design as that at #StMaryWedmore
South door to nave #StMartinFiddington #Somerset for #FerrousFriday
Mouse's #RiverAxeTopThree #Somerset. So which of the sixteen churches would Mouse recommend visiting? In at number three: #StMaryWedmore. Pure Perpy perfection packed with interest inside and out. Notable for roof timbers, door fittings and windows
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 delectable #Doornucopia of doors #StMatthewWookey #StMaryWedmore #HolyCrossMark #AdoorableThursday
Texture of stone. Patina of wood. Contrasts.
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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 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 views of vaulting #StJohnAxbridge #StAndrewCheddar #StMaryWedmore #StonemasonryMonday
The #BestofTheRiverAxeChurches #Somerset: Stunning stained glass #StPeterBleadon #StAndrewLoxton #StMaryWedmore #StainedGlassSunday #ItsAllAboutTheLight
The #ScamperDownTheAxe. 16 churches, just 28 miles over 16 weeks. And here they are: #ChurchesOfTheAxe (2 of 4) #HolyCrossMark #StMaryWedmore Chapel Allerton #AllertonChurch #StCongarBadgworth
The arches to the north arcade of #HolyCrossMark #Somerset are (perhaps unsurprisingly) very similar in design to those of the nearby #StMaryWedmore, although these use an ovolo rather than a cavetto moulding between the attached columns. Fabulously elegant #StonemasonryMonday
No contest for the award of #MouseFavouritePhoto from #StMaryWedmore #Somerset. The window is late C13. Cusped and groove moulded head on slender attached shafts with plain capitals. Window and medieval slab altar below bathed in coloured light from the adjacent stained glass
As #FontsMeanFarewell, what of the church of St. Mary in Wedmore, Somerset? This is a church full of interest and full of spirit. A cruciform church too. Mouse's favourite type. Mouse awarding another solid 4/5 on the mus heritage scale #MusVisit 🐭🐭🐭🐭
#StMaryWedmore #Somerset
Ha! Mouse found another one. This time south of the altar in the chancel and C13. Pointed trefoil set in an #Ogee and just look at the attention to detail in the petals of the bowl #StMaryWedmore #Somerset #OgeeLove #Piscina
Ha! Mouse found another one. This time south of the altar in the chancel and C13. Pointed trefoil set in an #Ogee and just look at the attention to detail in the petals of the bowl #StMaryWedmore #Somerset #OgeeLove #Piscina
It's Friday and as Mouse pack her tiny suitcase ready for tomorrow's stage of the current scamper, she suddenly realise that there's no #ChurchPiscina from here in her timeline. Well it may be late but it's never too late for this C15 beauty. South aisle chapel #StMaryWedmore #Somerset
The C13 font of #StMaryWedmore #Somerset for #FontsOnFriday
Plain octagonal basin on an octagonal shaft with hollow rectangular moulding and octagonal base. Drink in the ages
Gates thrown open in welcome and the wonderful #Ogee curves of a former overthrow decorated with volutes. Cleverly riffing around the strapwork on the doors? #StMaryWedmore #Somerset #Thursgate #IronworkThursday
Mouse's #DoorInMidAir. Long redundant access to a rood loft from the stair turret at the north west corner of the crossing tower #StMaryWedmore #Somerset #AdoorableThursday
A door thread from #StMaryWedmore #Somerset #AdoorableThursday. The south aisle door #WedmoreChurchSouthDoor (4/4). If you love doors, give it a follow....
A little historic #Graffiti to finish
A door thread from #StMaryWedmore #Somerset #AdoorableThursday. The south aisle door #WedmoreChurchSouthDoor (3/4). If you love doors, give it a follow....
The volutes on the straps echo those of the north door but flatter so not necessarily contemporaneous #ChurchDoorFittings
A door thread from #StMaryWedmore #Somerset #AdoorableThursday. The south aisle door #WedmoreChurchSouthDoor (2/4). If you love doors, give it a follow....
Date and initials made out in studs slightly smaller than those used in the door construction. Later than the door?
A door thread from #StMaryWedmore #Somerset #AdoorableThursday. The south aisle door #WedmoreChurchSouthDoor (1/4). If you love doors, give it a follow....
North aisle #StMaryWedmore #Somerset #AdoorableThursday
Probably C15, blacksmith made locally and totally beautiful. These straps are secured by original studs. They fan out to form volutes, themselves secured by studs to their centre. The enduring allure of #ChurchDoorFittings
South aisle (interior) #StMaryWedmore #Somerset #AdoorableThursday
Single planked ledged pointed door set in segmental pointed rere arch. All very plain and simple but no less aesthetically pleasing for it
From south aisle chapel #StMaryWedmore #Somerset #AdoorableThursday
Sharing its deep stone-width jambs with the windows either side and with a chamfered segmental pointed rere arch
South porch, to north #StMaryWedmore #Somerset #AdoorableThursday
Heavily moulded pointed doorway of three orders the outer two of which supported by nooks with delightfully carved foliate capitals. Solid late C13. As for the door.. more later #WedmoreChurchDoors (VII of VII)
South porch, to east #StMaryWedmore #Somerset #AdoorableThursday
A real #TinyDoor leading to south aisle chapel. Mouse love it when you get straps that are vastly out of proportion to the size of the door. As funny as a tiny hat #WedmoreChurchDoors (VI of VII)
South porch, to west #StMaryWedmore #Somerset #AdoorableThursday
Fabulous chamfered pointed doorway, presumably once leading to stairs to parvis room (or levels above in tower porch #WedmoreChurchDoors (V of VII)
North aisle #StMaryWedmore #Somerset #AdoorableThursday
Fabulous (and authentic) C15 planked and studded door with the most amazing ironwork. So heavily repaired it's almost all repair. Double chamfered pseudo-4-centred doorway #WedmoreChurchDoors (IV of VII)
North aisle #StMaryWedmore #Somerset #AdoorableThursday
A number of churches Mouse visit have (or did have) the Manor House (or where Mouse comes from 'the Big 'arse') next door. To keep them Nobs dry or just the Vicar?
