Fiona Chartres
@chartresfi.bsky.social
Former picture framer who loves churches, art, history and cheese...
The altar frontal at St George's, Kelmscott is made up of two 17thC Turkish hangings stitched together and was given to the church by Jane Morris. The subtle, faded colour really suits the church, nothing garish here!
#TextileTuesday
#TextileTuesday
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The altar frontal at St George's, Kelmscott is made up of two 17thC Turkish hangings stitched together and was given to the church by Jane Morris. The subtle, faded colour really suits the church, nothing garish here!
#TextileTuesday
#TextileTuesday
Although this unknown lady of c.1400 at St John the Baptist, Barnack is now much damaged enough still remains to show how beautifully carved it was. Her headress and the plaited hair beneath it is shown in such stunning detail.
#MonumentsMonday
#MonumentsMonday
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Although this unknown lady of c.1400 at St John the Baptist, Barnack is now much damaged enough still remains to show how beautifully carved it was. Her headress and the plaited hair beneath it is shown in such stunning detail.
#MonumentsMonday
#MonumentsMonday
They didn't panic at St Mary's, Tansor when they realised their round headed tower arch had gone out of fashion, they just built one of those new fangled pointy ones inside it!
#SundayStonework
#SundayStonework
November 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
They didn't panic at St Mary's, Tansor when they realised their round headed tower arch had gone out of fashion, they just built one of those new fangled pointy ones inside it!
#SundayStonework
#SundayStonework
The diminutive fleche on the roof of St John the Baptist, Leicester is a lovely decorative touch with its tiny dragons.
Built by Goddard and Paget in 1884-5 it's a complete contrast to the nearby Italianate St James by H.L.Goddard, a different experience entirely.
#SteepleSaturday
Built by Goddard and Paget in 1884-5 it's a complete contrast to the nearby Italianate St James by H.L.Goddard, a different experience entirely.
#SteepleSaturday
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The diminutive fleche on the roof of St John the Baptist, Leicester is a lovely decorative touch with its tiny dragons.
Built by Goddard and Paget in 1884-5 it's a complete contrast to the nearby Italianate St James by H.L.Goddard, a different experience entirely.
#SteepleSaturday
Built by Goddard and Paget in 1884-5 it's a complete contrast to the nearby Italianate St James by H.L.Goddard, a different experience entirely.
#SteepleSaturday
The door at Ampney St Mary is a thing of beauty, patched and repaired and surrounded by fragments of 13/14thC wall paintings.
#Adoorableday
#AdoorableThursday
#Adoorableday
#AdoorableThursday
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The door at Ampney St Mary is a thing of beauty, patched and repaired and surrounded by fragments of 13/14thC wall paintings.
#Adoorableday
#AdoorableThursday
#Adoorableday
#AdoorableThursday
A column swallower at St Andrew's, Eastleach Turville looking furious at being relegated to the column store.
#SundayStonework
#SundayStonework
November 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A column swallower at St Andrew's, Eastleach Turville looking furious at being relegated to the column store.
#SundayStonework
#SundayStonework
Resited Saxon carving at St Kyneburgha, Castor. Apparently it's Christ pointing at the moon and the sun, not learning to juggle like I first thought..
#TympanumTuesday
#TympanumTuesday
October 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Resited Saxon carving at St Kyneburgha, Castor. Apparently it's Christ pointing at the moon and the sun, not learning to juggle like I first thought..
#TympanumTuesday
#TympanumTuesday
A very bulbous and knobbly lectern at St Michael and St Martin, Eastleach Turville which was made up in the 1930s from either Elizabethan table legs or bed posts or maybe both, repurposing at its finest!
#SundaySermons
#SundaySermons
October 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A very bulbous and knobbly lectern at St Michael and St Martin, Eastleach Turville which was made up in the 1930s from either Elizabethan table legs or bed posts or maybe both, repurposing at its finest!
#SundaySermons
#SundaySermons
The late saxon rood set into the porch at St Matthew's, Langford is a thing of beauty.
Simple and striking although sadly now headless, such a rare survival and a treat to see.
#SundayStonework
Simple and striking although sadly now headless, such a rare survival and a treat to see.
#SundayStonework
October 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The late saxon rood set into the porch at St Matthew's, Langford is a thing of beauty.
Simple and striking although sadly now headless, such a rare survival and a treat to see.
#SundayStonework
Simple and striking although sadly now headless, such a rare survival and a treat to see.
#SundayStonework
St Andrew's, Cotterstock has a very fine perpendicular font, they certainly liked their quatrefoils! The detail of the trailing vine around the base is a lovely touch too.
#FontsOnFriday
#FontsOnFriday
October 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM
St Andrew's, Cotterstock has a very fine perpendicular font, they certainly liked their quatrefoils! The detail of the trailing vine around the base is a lovely touch too.
#FontsOnFriday
#FontsOnFriday
A beautifully precise consecration cross in the late summer sunshine at St John the Baptist, Inglesham.
#WednesdayWallPaintings
#WallsonWednesday
#WednesdayWallPaintings
#WallsonWednesday
October 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
A beautifully precise consecration cross in the late summer sunshine at St John the Baptist, Inglesham.
#WednesdayWallPaintings
#WallsonWednesday
#WednesdayWallPaintings
#WallsonWednesday
At All Saints, Loughborough the base of the west tower is a memorial chapel to the Taylor family, bell founders in the town since 1840. This is a detail of a very large memorial, made from bell metal, it commemorates four sons of the family who died in WW1
#31DaysofGraves
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#31DaysofGraves
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October 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
At All Saints, Loughborough the base of the west tower is a memorial chapel to the Taylor family, bell founders in the town since 1840. This is a detail of a very large memorial, made from bell metal, it commemorates four sons of the family who died in WW1
#31DaysofGraves
@horatioforever.bsky.social
#31DaysofGraves
@horatioforever.bsky.social
The really rather lovely altar frontal at St Peter's, Lowick is a beautifully embroidered depiction of one of the 14thC windows in the church. It shows Sir Simon de Drayton (possibly) offering a model of the church.
#TextileTuesday
#TextileTuesday
October 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The really rather lovely altar frontal at St Peter's, Lowick is a beautifully embroidered depiction of one of the 14thC windows in the church. It shows Sir Simon de Drayton (possibly) offering a model of the church.
#TextileTuesday
#TextileTuesday
This stunning carving of Christ in Majesty was found face down in the floor of the north aisle at St John the Baptist, Barnack in the 1930s.
It could possibly be as early as the 11thC or 13thC or somewhere in between..
Over 3ft high it's truly a thing of beauty
#SundayStonework
It could possibly be as early as the 11thC or 13thC or somewhere in between..
Over 3ft high it's truly a thing of beauty
#SundayStonework
October 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This stunning carving of Christ in Majesty was found face down in the floor of the north aisle at St John the Baptist, Barnack in the 1930s.
It could possibly be as early as the 11thC or 13thC or somewhere in between..
Over 3ft high it's truly a thing of beauty
#SundayStonework
It could possibly be as early as the 11thC or 13thC or somewhere in between..
Over 3ft high it's truly a thing of beauty
#SundayStonework
The 14th/15thC tower and spire at St Peter's, Oundle is a lovely slim and elegant affair, repaired and partially rebuilt in the early 17thC it is as Pevsner describes 'not too excessively tall' but still the tallest in the county.
#SteepleSaturday
#SteepleSaturday
October 18, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The 14th/15thC tower and spire at St Peter's, Oundle is a lovely slim and elegant affair, repaired and partially rebuilt in the early 17thC it is as Pevsner describes 'not too excessively tall' but still the tallest in the county.
#SteepleSaturday
#SteepleSaturday
The 15thC font at St Swithin's, Compton Beauchamp was made infinitely more attractive in 1933 when Martin Travers designed a lovely new cover for it, alongside many other features in the church. From this angle you can just see the dove painted on the base of the top.
#FontsOnFriday
#FontsOnFriday
October 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The 15thC font at St Swithin's, Compton Beauchamp was made infinitely more attractive in 1933 when Martin Travers designed a lovely new cover for it, alongside many other features in the church. From this angle you can just see the dove painted on the base of the top.
#FontsOnFriday
#FontsOnFriday
A 12thC door at St Michael's, Stanton Harcourt glowing warmly in the spring sunshine. Note the scratched mass dials in the stones either side of the door, one is never enough!
#AdoorableThursday
#Adoorableday
#AdoorableThursday
#Adoorableday
October 16, 2025 at 8:02 AM
A 12thC door at St Michael's, Stanton Harcourt glowing warmly in the spring sunshine. Note the scratched mass dials in the stones either side of the door, one is never enough!
#AdoorableThursday
#Adoorableday
#AdoorableThursday
#Adoorableday
A visit on a lovely late summer day to the stunning St John the Baptist, Inglesham.
#TraceryTuesday
#TraceryTuesday
October 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
A visit on a lovely late summer day to the stunning St John the Baptist, Inglesham.
#TraceryTuesday
#TraceryTuesday
The chancel floor at St John's, Clarendon Park is a rather lovely glass mosaic of foliage designs. The church was designed by Goddard and sons and built in 1884-5, the floor is by Rust & Co of London and an excellent example of their work.
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
October 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The chancel floor at St John's, Clarendon Park is a rather lovely glass mosaic of foliage designs. The church was designed by Goddard and sons and built in 1884-5, the floor is by Rust & Co of London and an excellent example of their work.
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
Rows and rows of patterns and creatures and beakheads from below.
Looking up at the underside of the absolutely glorious 12thC chancel arch at St Peter's, Tickencote.
The uneven nature and wonkiness is just wonderful.
#SundayStonework
Looking up at the underside of the absolutely glorious 12thC chancel arch at St Peter's, Tickencote.
The uneven nature and wonkiness is just wonderful.
#SundayStonework
October 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Rows and rows of patterns and creatures and beakheads from below.
Looking up at the underside of the absolutely glorious 12thC chancel arch at St Peter's, Tickencote.
The uneven nature and wonkiness is just wonderful.
#SundayStonework
Looking up at the underside of the absolutely glorious 12thC chancel arch at St Peter's, Tickencote.
The uneven nature and wonkiness is just wonderful.
#SundayStonework
A rather lovely 13thC trefoil headed arch at All Saints, Coleshill.
The later door has a very impressive display of ironwork too, it twiddles and twirls in a very confident manner.
#Adoorableday
#AdoorableThursday
The later door has a very impressive display of ironwork too, it twiddles and twirls in a very confident manner.
#Adoorableday
#AdoorableThursday
October 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
A rather lovely 13thC trefoil headed arch at All Saints, Coleshill.
The later door has a very impressive display of ironwork too, it twiddles and twirls in a very confident manner.
#Adoorableday
#AdoorableThursday
The later door has a very impressive display of ironwork too, it twiddles and twirls in a very confident manner.
#Adoorableday
#AdoorableThursday
Tiny arched simplicity at St Mary's, Ampney.
#WindowsOnWednesday
#WindowsOnWednesday
October 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Tiny arched simplicity at St Mary's, Ampney.
#WindowsOnWednesday
#WindowsOnWednesday
A beautifully carved figure on the reredos at St Mary's, Purton. The tiny bird in the foliage at the base is particularly lovely.
#Woodensday
#Woodensday
October 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
A beautifully carved figure on the reredos at St Mary's, Purton. The tiny bird in the foliage at the base is particularly lovely.
#Woodensday
#Woodensday
Is it Monday morning already...?
Someone seems to be longing for a lie in, a sleepy head skull at St Mary the Virgin, Buscot.
#MementoMoriMonday
Someone seems to be longing for a lie in, a sleepy head skull at St Mary the Virgin, Buscot.
#MementoMoriMonday
September 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Is it Monday morning already...?
Someone seems to be longing for a lie in, a sleepy head skull at St Mary the Virgin, Buscot.
#MementoMoriMonday
Someone seems to be longing for a lie in, a sleepy head skull at St Mary the Virgin, Buscot.
#MementoMoriMonday
It's so difficult to concentrate when someone is nibbling your hair.
Strange and rather disconcerting creatures on the 13thC arcades at St George's, Kelmscott. Very well carved though, I love the way their hands rest on the outer edge of the niche.
#SundayStonework
Strange and rather disconcerting creatures on the 13thC arcades at St George's, Kelmscott. Very well carved though, I love the way their hands rest on the outer edge of the niche.
#SundayStonework
September 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
It's so difficult to concentrate when someone is nibbling your hair.
Strange and rather disconcerting creatures on the 13thC arcades at St George's, Kelmscott. Very well carved though, I love the way their hands rest on the outer edge of the niche.
#SundayStonework
Strange and rather disconcerting creatures on the 13thC arcades at St George's, Kelmscott. Very well carved though, I love the way their hands rest on the outer edge of the niche.
#SundayStonework