A countdown of the best five #ChurchesToVisitSalisburyToTheSea. In at number 2: #StLaurenceDownton #Wiltshire. Truly a church to satisfy every lover of church architecture. From glass to windows to doors. A #ChurchChomper's church. And a fabulous chancel to boot.
#TheBestOfSalisburyToTheSea lychgates: #StLaurenceDownton #Wiltshire #Thursgate #IronworkThursday #Lychgate
Solid Victorian lychgate perfectly framing the church porch
#TheBestOfSalisburyToTheSea door fittings: #StLaurenceDownton #Wiltshire #AdoorableThursday #IronworkThursday
Stiff competition for this one but the fine fittings and studs on this door (exterior, left) give this church the award
#TheBestOfSalisburyToTheSea windows: #StLaurenceDownton #Wiltshire Part II of II
Decorated Period 2-light window to south of chancel with unusual opening and grille below #WindowsOnWednesday
#TheBestOfSalisburyToTheSea windows: #StLaurenceDownton #Wiltshire Part I of II
One of those churches that has the history of window design built into its walls including some unusual tracery #WindowsOnWednesday
#SalisburyToTheSeaBestOfTheRest windows #FromInsideOut #StMaryEllingham #Hampshire #StLaurenceDownton #Wiltshire
#TheBestOfSalisburyToTheSea tiles: #StLaurenceDownton #Wiltshire
A tiny tour de force in C19 tiling for #TilesOnTuesday
#TheBestOfSalisburyToTheSea memorials: #StLaurenceDownton #Wiltshire. A collection of finely carved memorials to members of the same family located in the wonderfully proportioned chancel #MemorialMonday
#TheBestOfSalisburyToTheSea sanctuary: #StLaurenceDownton #Wiltshire
Possibly not what one might expect from conservative, medieval old Mouse but there is something undeniably fine about this stained glass and altar #StainedGlassSunday
As Mouse settle in her favourite chair with cheese and nice big glass of Prosecco it's time to review the Avon churches, Salisbury to Christchurch. Three counties. 26 miles. Nine churches. #StMaryAlderbury #StLaurenceDownton #StMaryHale Follow: #SalisburyToTheSeaChurches (1/3)
The last of the #ThingsMouseLove from #StLaurenceDownton #Wiltshire and this is a biggie: A good #Pintle. next to this ancient grille is a pair of tiny drive pintles that suggest this mysterious opening beneath one of the chancel windows once had an external shutter
Some #ThingsMouseLove: The allure of good #ChurchDoorFittings. Studs, fillets and fittings. South door #StLaurenceDownton #Wiltshire #WhatsNotToLove?
Some #ThingsMouseLove: A fine #ChurchDoor and #ChurchDoorSurround. South door (inside porch) #StLaurenceDownton #Wiltshire
Exterior (left) and interior. Roll moulded continuous pointed doorway. Pseudo-4-centred rere. Single planked extensively studded ledged and framed door with moulded fillets
North arcade #StLaurenceDownton #Wiltshire. Double pointed arches on circular abacii and cylindrical piers
Some #ThingsMouseLove: Discovering glorious glimpses of #RomanesqueDetail. Carved abacus. North arcade #StLaurenceDownton #Wiltshire. Supporting double pointed arches with arris (unmoulded) from greensand and ironstone. Cylindrical piers below
The curious little door beneath the westernmost window south of the chancel #StLaurenceDownton #Wiltshire All original C13 including (by the looks of it) the blacksmith-made grille. Notice also the fabulous and quite unusual tracery of this 2-light window
South of chancel #StLaurenceDownton #Wiltshire
The westernmost window (left) has a curious little shuttered extension. Mouse not come across one of these before
Some #ThingsMouseLove: The art of #FromInsideOut photography and the simplicity of #JustPlainGlass in a church window. South of chancel #StLaurenceDownton #Wiltshire
Some #ThingsMouseLove: Finding fragments of medieval glass hidden in a #StainedGlassWindow #StLaurenceDownton #Wiltshire
Some #ThingsMouseLove: A sarcophagus with claws n paws. Monument south of chancel #StLaurenceDownton #Wiltshire
Some #ThingsMouseLove: terrific timbers. The roof timbers to the chancel #StLaurenceDownton #Wiltshire
Love architecture? Why not #FollowTheMouse?
Some #ThingsMouseLove: Terrific tiles. And these really are terrific. Chancel #StlaurenceDownton #Wiltshire
Some #ThingsMouseLove: The perfect church chancel. And this is as close to as good as it gets #StLaurenceDownton #Wiltshire
Cruciform in design, the Church of #StLaurenceDownton comprises nave, north and south aisles, south porch, crossing tower, north and south transepts and chancel. Largely flint and dressed stone with some brick, often used as packing around window
A bit of background. Mouse like to follow rivers and visit churches in the Cities, Towns and Villages through which they pass. You can find Mouse on Twitter (shhh) to get a sense of her scamperings. Currently following the Avon to the sea #SalisburyToTheSea. She started at Downton #StLaurenceDownton
