{"id":12734,"date":"2024-01-17T15:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T15:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=12734"},"modified":"2024-03-06T14:17:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T14:17:58","slug":"days-out-st-swithins-gt-chishill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=12734","title":{"rendered":"DAYS OUT: St Swithin\u2019s, Gt Chishill, & St Margaret o\u2019 Antioch, Barley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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St Swithin\u2019s, from distance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Well, January 17th, \u201824, was a great day! Not just one nice interesting old church. Nor the added bonus of two, or even three such edifi\u2026 but four<\/em>!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So rather than cover all four in one go – oh, and there was the Gt. Chishill windmill, as well (and beautiful skies and landscapes; good day!) – I\u2019m giving several parts of this rich day their own separate entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nearing the St Swithin\u2019s. Love these walls!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Strange nautical thing, and architectural bushes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Closing in\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Muchos flintos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Varied textures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Not quite sure why. But I didn\u2019t take many pics inside. I was going to say that\u2019s cause it was locked up. and I think it was. Yet the above photo suggests otherwise. Hmm!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cherubs, foliage, and a nice bold skull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A little later in the day I came upon St Margaret of Antioch, in Barley (what a lively and for an English village!). She was, as you\u2019ll see, most definitely open. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At Marge, from afar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Entering the porch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More chalk marks on church doors!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More sublime light.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A handsome building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fabulous stained glass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wow! Glorious detail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I adore this stuff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Just phenomenal. Kaleidoscopic and intense.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Zooming in a bit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Some more detail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Terrific tricolour effect.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A rather unusually shaped doorway. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s so much in this church, by way of fascinating eccentricities and beautiful details. A dictionary definition of an embarrassment of riches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gothic detail in the roof work. 19th C?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Recycled leftovers, perhaps?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes the effects of the vandalism of bygone ages can have, by accident as well as design, pleasing results. The above window, which I suspect recycles remnants of a formerly far richer window, winds up having a pleasingly simplistic almost rustic minimalism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So much architectural variety.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Daylight through a doorway. Atmospheric.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A rather magnificent pillared font.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lift to the scaffold?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The above picture caption refers to a Miles Davis album, that\u2019s also a \u2018motion picture soundtrack\u2019 (Ascenseur pour l\u2019\u00e9chafaud<\/em>). Of course it\u2019s not the steps to the gallows (or guillotine!), but steps to the church tower, as made clear by the bell-ropes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Must revisit this classic some time soon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nearby houses, also beautiful.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There are lots of absolutely gorgeous buildings near St Marge. Here are a few snaps of just some of them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jasmine Cottage. Very sweet!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is a particularly intriguing building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This one, above and below, is particularly unusual, with the covered stairways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A very old fashioned form of flats, I\u2019m guessing?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Love these steps up the first floor. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And to finish, this over the road metal sign, a fox n\u2019 hounds motif, belonging to a pub of that name (or some close variant?). A bit of decorative presumption, bordering on. neighbourhood vandalism, that I doubt one could get away with nowadays. But it certainly gives the location extra character. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wonder when this thing went up? <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s an all metal thing, on an I-beam profile. So probably not that<\/em> old? Not also the old-fashioned \u2018Werther\u2019s Originals\u2019 colour scheme of Richmond\u2019s Coaches!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, January 17th, \u201824, was a great day! Not just one nice interesting old church. Nor the added bonus of two, or even three such edifi\u2026 but four!!!! So rather than cover all four in one go – oh, and there was the Gt. Chishill windmill, as well (and beautiful skies and landscapes; good day!) … <\/p>\n

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