This afternoon I captured a vision, not on my camera but in my mind. I was standing high on the Staffordshire Moorlands and the late afternoon winter sun was illuminating the hilly landscape before me, casting it in a golden haze. As I looked down into the valley, I could make out a church spire…
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The House at Heaven’s Door: The Lost Priory of Stone
The rain lashed our faces as we made our way hastily towards the steps of the house, seeking shelter. Once through the door, we were taken down a flight of steep steps twisting their way below ground, underneath the house. The Undercroft Hidden away from sight and sound, a large vaulted undercroft lay waiting, its…
A Tale of Love, Loss, and Architecture in Seventeenth Century Staffordshire
Some places are hidden not just from the modern world but from time itself which seems to pass by without causing any change or decay. Ingestre, near Stafford in Staffordshire, is one of those places. Yet, at the heart of Ingestre’s untold story is loss, grief and death. Lashed with Rain As we (me and…
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