The end of the road for the #ScamperDownTheSomersetCoast. Four legs, 22 churches, four very different winners. All special, all beautiful, but which takes the crown? #StPaulKewstoke #StMaryEastBrent #StMartinFiddington #StGeorgeDunster...
Winner of the finest church on the #ScamperDownTheSomersetCoast #PortisheadToWestSuperMare leg is #StPaulKewstoke. Maybe not the most beautiful church from the outside but inside is flooded with light and filled with historical and architectural interest. Incredible location too
Even down to the staples and #Pintle...
#ScamperDownTheSomersetCoast #PortisheadToWestonSuperMare leg. #StPaulKewstoke #FerrousFriday. The very best of #PintlesInAction
The enduring allure of #ChurchDoorFittings....
Tough choice on the #ScamperDownTheSomersetCoast #PortisheadToWestonSuperMare leg, but when you see these you drink in history through your very eyes dear viewer. The escutcheons alone make it a winner #StPaulKewstoke #FerrousFriday
First for doors on the #PortisheadToWestonSuperMare leg of the #ScamperDownTheSomersetCoast: #StPaulKewstoke: Cross section of fabulous nailed and filleted south door, showing wide interior roughly sawn horizontal planks #AdoorableThursday #DoorwayThursday
The winner for the diversity of doors and doorways award for the #PortisheadToWestonSuperMare leg of the #ScamperDownTheSomersetCoast is #StPaulKewstoke: Part III; south door. Stunning Romanesque decoration and double planked filleted door #AdoorableThursday #DoorwayThursday
The winner for the diversity of doors and doorways award for the #PortisheadToWestonSuperMare leg of the #ScamperDownTheSomersetCoast is #StPaulKewstoke: Part II; doorway to rood stair. Wave moulded #Ogee surmounted by a Romanesque #Spolia head spewing hood mould #DoorwayThursday
The winner for the diversity of doors and doorways award for the #PortisheadToWestonSuperMare leg of the #ScamperDownTheSomersetCoast is #StPaulKewstoke: Part I; north C13 (in style at least) cusped pointed doorway #DoorwayThursday. Lovely
The winner of supreme screen from the #PortisheadToWestonSuperMare leg of the #ScamperDownTheSomersetCoast is #StPaulKewstoke
Screen with rood group. Before the English Reformation every church had a rood screen. Now few remain, the only reminder a #DoorInMidAir #Woodensday
The very finest #FromInsideOut from the #PortisheadToWestonSuperMare leg of the #ScamperDownTheSomersetCoast is #StPaulKewstoke
#KewstokeFloodedWithLight #JustPlainGlass
The winner for wonderful windows (interior category) from the #PortisheadToWestonSuperMare leg of the #ScamperDownTheSomersetCoast is #StPaulKewstoke
#KewstokeFloodedWithLight
The winner for wonderful windows (interior category) from the #PortisheadToWestonSuperMare leg of the #ScamperDownTheSomersetCoast is #StPaulKewstoke
#KewstokeFloodedWithLight
The winner for wonderful windows (interior category) from the #PortisheadToWestonSuperMare leg of the #ScamperDownTheSomersetCoast is #StPaulKewstoke
#KewstokeFloodedWithLight
Which porch pleased on the #PortisheadToWestonSuperMare leg of the #ScamperDownTheSomersetCoast? There was a paucity of porches, but this at #StPaulKewstoke with its cusped quatrefoil parapet called out to Mouse to PIFAP
A look back at the #ScamperDownTheSomersetCoast. Leg one: #PortisheadToWestonSuperMare Part B; #AllSaintsKingstonSeymour #StLawrenceWick #StPaulKewstoke
And as #FontsMeanFarewell what of the church of #StPaulKewstoke #Somerset. A church with so much detail, worth visiting for its Romanesque doorway and wonderful doors and windows. This is a must visit for the #ChurchChomper and Mouse awarding a rare 5/5 #MusVisit 🐭🐭🐭🐭🐭
Some last glimpses of #StPaulKewstoke #Somerset
North of nave. Blocked on the inside but retaining its door this really is a #DoorNoMore. Fabulous C13 cinquefoil (cusped) door head
Some last glimpses of #StPaulKewstoke #Somerset
If it wasn't for the blue chairs all would be well with the world
Some last glimpses of #StPaulKewstoke #Somerset
Chancel to nave. Wonderful roof timbers and the openwork of the rood screen
Some last glimpses of #StPaulKewstoke #Somerset
One for the file marked #SurprisedChurches. "I fell asleep for five minutes and when I woke up someone had whipped me porch off..."
Some last glimpses of #StPaulKewstoke #Somerset
South of chancel: priest's door. Chamfered pointed doorway, reset during the C19 rebuilding
North of chancel #StPaulKewstoke #Somerset for #FridayPipes
Arcade leading to early C20 vestry. Those arches though. Oh really (Mouse say with some indignation)
Sometimes even GE can't quite fix it...
C13 octagonal font on stem with ring and splayed capital. Heavily moulded base and standing on plinth with disc and slightly larger octagonal slab #StPaulKewstoke #Somerset for #FontsOnFriday
Yet again, venerable font, magnet for plastic tubs and random #ChurchClutter
A church is for the use of the community. Charitable work is important. Mouse get it. But.. this font is beautiful. More than 700 years old. Give it some respect #StPaulKewstoke #Somerset #FontsOnFriday
Trapped straps and flat studs #StPaulKewstoke #Somerset for #FerrousFriday
(also by Jilly Cooper 1984 - racy)
The enduring allure of #ChurchDoorFittings #StPaulKewstoke #Somerset Part III of III
Ancient pull ring #FerrousFriday
The enduring allure of #ChurchDoorFittings #StPaulKewstoke #Somerset Part II of III
Lift. The flat nails give the clue to the age #FerrousFriday
