Heidi The History Mouse
@TheHistoryMouse
Historia Somnum Caseus. #TheTwitterMouse. A mainly medieval mouse. Archaeology, architecture and all things history. Love a scamper around a medieval church.
Mouse's #RiverAxeTopThree #Somerset. So which of the sixteen churches would Mouse recommend visiting? In at number one: #StJohnAxbridge. Church and town make a fine day out. More Perpy perfection. Crossing and vaulting are wonderful, but add ceilings, roof timbers and monuments
Tower arch #StPaulKewstoke #Somerset for #FridayPipes A double helping of organ in this church
Mouse a big fan of the lunch gate. It provides Mouse somewhere to eat her Roquefort and drink her lunchtime Prosecco when it rains TTM🐭 (Mouse not such a bit fan of predictive text)
This lunch gate at Clun is said to be 18thc but it looks more 19th to me? What do you think? Make by local carpenters
Welcome to a gloomy looking church of Mary the Virgin in Hutton, Somerset. Pure-bred perp this one, tower, nave, chancel, south aisle and the usual C19 refurb and additions. Pretty impressive tower! #StMaryHutton #Somerset #SteepleSaturday
The choice of #MouseFavouritePhoto from #StPaulKewstoke #Somerset could have been any one of half a dozen, but in the end the quality of light on stone through stained glass won the contest
South chapel #StPaulKewstoke #Somerset #StainedGlassSunday Without a smidgen of a doubt the most beautiful window Mouse has seen in combination with this light and the stone. If you love, it share it. It deserves a thousand pairs of eyes #KewstokeChapelWindow (Part I of VI)
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 🐭🐭🐭🐭🐭
As sure as #FontsMeanFarewell, Mouse move on to the next stop on the #ScamperDownTheSomersetCoast . The exploration of this curious hinterland twixt M5 and the sea continues. Mouse find her way to Hutton in Somerset hovering on the outskirts of Weston super Mare
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
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Trapped straps and flat studs #StPaulKewstoke #Somerset for #FerrousFriday (also by Jilly Cooper 1984 - racy)
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
Murine bum-trumpet. Often used in the classical period by us mus to signal our arrival at social engagements TTM🐭
Something lovely for the weekend! A 1,800 year-old Roman glass flask shaped like a little mouse! 🐭😍 📷 by me metmuseum.org/art/collection…
Goodness. Mouse just realised the uncanny resemblance between the simply wonderful Stephen Fry's General Melchet and that head stop! Time to reinvigorate the #TwitterMouseLookeeLikee #FridaysFacesInStone
West door #StMartinWorle #Somerset And finally from Mouse for the evening some of #FridaysFacesInStone. Mouse couldn't make her mind up if the one on the right is a later replacement. The face seems to look. Well. Victorian
West door #StMartinWorle #Somerset And finally from Mouse for the evening some of #FridaysFacesInStone. Mouse couldn't make her mind up if the one on the right is a later replacement. The face seems to look. Well. Victorian
West door #StMartinWorle #Somerset Fleurons carved into hollow moulding. Very beautiful. Very C15
A delightful doorway. West of tower #StMartinWorle #Somerset Inner arch is pseudo-4-centred. Outer mouldings and label are 4-centred. Keystone angel (damaged) and headstops complete a beautiful picture
Overthrow and gate #StMartinWorle #Somerset #FerrousFriday
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