Su Westerman 📷
@suwesterman.bsky.social
Amateur photographer of historic architecture - portfolio at www.flickr.com/photos/suwesterman. Studied Architectural History @ContedOxford. Currently, Historic Graffiti Researcher & General Guide @cburycathedral.bsky.social.
If you're visiting Amsterdam and love architecture a visit to the Het Schip museum is a must.
Michel de Klerk designed 'Het Schip' with orange-red Groningen bricks and used more than twenty different types of brickwork patterns.
He believed that workers' houses deserved to be beautiful.
While modern social housing uses prefab garbage.
He believed that workers' houses deserved to be beautiful.
While modern social housing uses prefab garbage.
November 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
If you're visiting Amsterdam and love architecture a visit to the Het Schip museum is a must.
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Joh. M. Coenenstraat Amsterdam. De expressieve gevel naar ontwerp van architect Staal golft tegen de strakker gevel van een school.
Joh. M. Coenenstraat Amsterdam. The expressive facade designed by architect Staal undulates against the sleeker facade of a school.
#amsterdamseschool #brickalicious
Joh. M. Coenenstraat Amsterdam. The expressive facade designed by architect Staal undulates against the sleeker facade of a school.
#amsterdamseschool #brickalicious
November 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Joh. M. Coenenstraat Amsterdam. De expressieve gevel naar ontwerp van architect Staal golft tegen de strakker gevel van een school.
Joh. M. Coenenstraat Amsterdam. The expressive facade designed by architect Staal undulates against the sleeker facade of a school.
#amsterdamseschool #brickalicious
Joh. M. Coenenstraat Amsterdam. The expressive facade designed by architect Staal undulates against the sleeker facade of a school.
#amsterdamseschool #brickalicious
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The mediaeval London Bridge in the context of the modern city. Art by Julian Hoffman Anton and David Fletcher.
November 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The mediaeval London Bridge in the context of the modern city. Art by Julian Hoffman Anton and David Fletcher.
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As it's #ADoorableThursday here is the entrance to Garforth House, Micklegate, York with a fine set of lamp holders for the dark nights ahead.
#ArchitecturalIllustration
#pencil #drawing
#ArtYear
#ArchitecturalIllustration
#pencil #drawing
#ArtYear
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 AM
As it's #ADoorableThursday here is the entrance to Garforth House, Micklegate, York with a fine set of lamp holders for the dark nights ahead.
#ArchitecturalIllustration
#pencil #drawing
#ArtYear
#ArchitecturalIllustration
#pencil #drawing
#ArtYear
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#StaircaseSaturday
Breathtakingly lovely.
The Palladian 'Tulip Staircase' in Inigo Jones' Queen's House in Greenwich - the first unsupported spiral stair in Britain.
Commissioned c.1616 by Anne of Denmark, Queen to James I.
Completed c.1635 for Henrietta Maria, Queen to Charles I.
Breathtakingly lovely.
The Palladian 'Tulip Staircase' in Inigo Jones' Queen's House in Greenwich - the first unsupported spiral stair in Britain.
Commissioned c.1616 by Anne of Denmark, Queen to James I.
Completed c.1635 for Henrietta Maria, Queen to Charles I.
November 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
#StaircaseSaturday
Breathtakingly lovely.
The Palladian 'Tulip Staircase' in Inigo Jones' Queen's House in Greenwich - the first unsupported spiral stair in Britain.
Commissioned c.1616 by Anne of Denmark, Queen to James I.
Completed c.1635 for Henrietta Maria, Queen to Charles I.
Breathtakingly lovely.
The Palladian 'Tulip Staircase' in Inigo Jones' Queen's House in Greenwich - the first unsupported spiral stair in Britain.
Commissioned c.1616 by Anne of Denmark, Queen to James I.
Completed c.1635 for Henrietta Maria, Queen to Charles I.
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Roman bronze dragon’s head standard, AD 190-260.
Originally mounted on a pole, with a long fabric tube attached to the back of the head. When charging on horseback, the wind inflated the tube and the dragon shrieked!
Niederbieber fort. Landesmuseum Koblenz. 📷 me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
Originally mounted on a pole, with a long fabric tube attached to the back of the head. When charging on horseback, the wind inflated the tube and the dragon shrieked!
Niederbieber fort. Landesmuseum Koblenz. 📷 me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Roman bronze dragon’s head standard, AD 190-260.
Originally mounted on a pole, with a long fabric tube attached to the back of the head. When charging on horseback, the wind inflated the tube and the dragon shrieked!
Niederbieber fort. Landesmuseum Koblenz. 📷 me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
Originally mounted on a pole, with a long fabric tube attached to the back of the head. When charging on horseback, the wind inflated the tube and the dragon shrieked!
Niederbieber fort. Landesmuseum Koblenz. 📷 me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
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November 18, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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OMG BATS 🦇
This piece is amazing.
Palma Depicting a Ball Player and Flying #Bats
Veracruz Culture, Mexico, Gulf Coast, c. 200-900 CE
Volcanic stone
@explorenoma.bsky.social NOMA
#IndigenousArt #HSS2025
This piece is amazing.
Palma Depicting a Ball Player and Flying #Bats
Veracruz Culture, Mexico, Gulf Coast, c. 200-900 CE
Volcanic stone
@explorenoma.bsky.social NOMA
#IndigenousArt #HSS2025
November 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
OMG BATS 🦇
This piece is amazing.
Palma Depicting a Ball Player and Flying #Bats
Veracruz Culture, Mexico, Gulf Coast, c. 200-900 CE
Volcanic stone
@explorenoma.bsky.social NOMA
#IndigenousArt #HSS2025
This piece is amazing.
Palma Depicting a Ball Player and Flying #Bats
Veracruz Culture, Mexico, Gulf Coast, c. 200-900 CE
Volcanic stone
@explorenoma.bsky.social NOMA
#IndigenousArt #HSS2025
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As another autumn storm rages, here is the gaunt skeleton of the impressive Cornish engine house at Bottalack Tin Mine, St Just, #Cornwall, in a brief weather window last week. Quite a view!
Managed by @nattrustarch.bsky.social & @nationaltrust.org.uk
📷 My own
Managed by @nattrustarch.bsky.social & @nationaltrust.org.uk
📷 My own
November 14, 2025 at 6:10 AM
As another autumn storm rages, here is the gaunt skeleton of the impressive Cornish engine house at Bottalack Tin Mine, St Just, #Cornwall, in a brief weather window last week. Quite a view!
Managed by @nattrustarch.bsky.social & @nationaltrust.org.uk
📷 My own
Managed by @nattrustarch.bsky.social & @nationaltrust.org.uk
📷 My own
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St Michael's, Raddington, Somerset for #AdoorableThursday Medieval door (Pevsner: C15, listing: C15) in an arched doorframe of two massive oak baulks. The ironwork is original; Pevsner describes it as 'a firework of foliage' (steady on Mr P!) A beautiful, unspoilt church in a beautiful location.
November 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
St Michael's, Raddington, Somerset for #AdoorableThursday Medieval door (Pevsner: C15, listing: C15) in an arched doorframe of two massive oak baulks. The ironwork is original; Pevsner describes it as 'a firework of foliage' (steady on Mr P!) A beautiful, unspoilt church in a beautiful location.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Simple things... love this holy trinity of jaunty Georgian portals in Bridlington yesterday. Full of personality.
November 5, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Simple things... love this holy trinity of jaunty Georgian portals in Bridlington yesterday. Full of personality.
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Back in the 12th century, French sculptor Gislebertus carved this angel as (s)he appears to the three Magi as they dream, waking one with the delicate touch of a finger, and pointing her other forefinger toward the Bethlehem star (Cathedral of St Lazare, Autun)
October 28, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Back in the 12th century, French sculptor Gislebertus carved this angel as (s)he appears to the three Magi as they dream, waking one with the delicate touch of a finger, and pointing her other forefinger toward the Bethlehem star (Cathedral of St Lazare, Autun)
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Iglesia de Santa María La Real, Cillamayor, Palencia (Castilla y León) 🇪🇸
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📷 @emilia_romanica
8 de septiembre de 2024
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8 de septiembre de 2024
October 29, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Iglesia de Santa María La Real, Cillamayor, Palencia (Castilla y León) 🇪🇸
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📷 @emilia_romanica
8 de septiembre de 2024
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📷 @emilia_romanica
8 de septiembre de 2024
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✨Deerhurst, Gloucestershire. A kitchen in the nave and a bedroom in the chancel hid within plain sight an Anglo-Saxon chapel built by Earl Odda (a relation to Edward the Confessor). Re-discovered in 1865, it is the most complete surviving Saxon church in England. #thread
October 23, 2025 at 6:15 AM
✨Deerhurst, Gloucestershire. A kitchen in the nave and a bedroom in the chancel hid within plain sight an Anglo-Saxon chapel built by Earl Odda (a relation to Edward the Confessor). Re-discovered in 1865, it is the most complete surviving Saxon church in England. #thread
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In a week when a new almshouse scheme in Southwark won the prestigious Stirling Prize for excellence in architecture, it was good to visit some of the wonderful historic 'hofjes' (courtyard almshouses) of Haarlem and Leiden - still fulfilling their founding purpose.
October 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
In a week when a new almshouse scheme in Southwark won the prestigious Stirling Prize for excellence in architecture, it was good to visit some of the wonderful historic 'hofjes' (courtyard almshouses) of Haarlem and Leiden - still fulfilling their founding purpose.
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El arte románico está muy ligado al paisaje de Castilla, tierra que conserva infinitos ejemplos. Hoy os presentamos la solitaria Ermita de San Cristóbal de Sotresgudo (Comarca de Odra-Pisuerga, Burgos), templo construido a principios del S. XIII
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October 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
El arte románico está muy ligado al paisaje de Castilla, tierra que conserva infinitos ejemplos. Hoy os presentamos la solitaria Ermita de San Cristóbal de Sotresgudo (Comarca de Odra-Pisuerga, Burgos), templo construido a principios del S. XIII
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Amsterdam - Rhijnspoorplein
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#kamafotos #35mm #photography #art #sculpture #PietKramer #VoigtlanderBessaT
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#kamafotos #35mm #photography #art #sculpture #PietKramer #VoigtlanderBessaT
October 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Amsterdam - Rhijnspoorplein
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#kamafotos #35mm #photography #art #sculpture #PietKramer #VoigtlanderBessaT
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#kamafotos #35mm #photography #art #sculpture #PietKramer #VoigtlanderBessaT
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Good morning! This week's theme is the River Thames.
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'Bridge in London' (1908) by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky
(Private collection)
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'Bridge in London' (1908) by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky
(Private collection)
October 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Good morning! This week's theme is the River Thames.
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'Bridge in London' (1908) by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky
(Private collection)
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'Bridge in London' (1908) by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky
(Private collection)
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Sublime dreams: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist, architect & archaeologist, whose views of Rome & imaginary prisons influenced Neoclassicism & Romanticism; born #OTD 1720.
Colosseum, Vedute di Roma, etching 1757 | Plate III Carceri d’Invenzione,etching 1761
Princeton University Art Museum
Colosseum, Vedute di Roma, etching 1757 | Plate III Carceri d’Invenzione,etching 1761
Princeton University Art Museum
October 4, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Sublime dreams: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist, architect & archaeologist, whose views of Rome & imaginary prisons influenced Neoclassicism & Romanticism; born #OTD 1720.
Colosseum, Vedute di Roma, etching 1757 | Plate III Carceri d’Invenzione,etching 1761
Princeton University Art Museum
Colosseum, Vedute di Roma, etching 1757 | Plate III Carceri d’Invenzione,etching 1761
Princeton University Art Museum
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A joy of a sight for #ThrowbackThursday - A ghost gable 👻 - caught like a fly in amber at Wirksworth in Derbyshire
October 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
A joy of a sight for #ThrowbackThursday - A ghost gable 👻 - caught like a fly in amber at Wirksworth in Derbyshire
Great article summarising what it's like to be autistic (and why seeking a cure for Donald Trump and right-wing politics) is far far more important than seeking a 'cure' for autism.
Autistic people could teach Donald Trump a thing or two about focus, facts and empathy | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
While not without its challenges, autism isn’t a curse to be cured of, as the likes of the President and RFK Jr want us to believe, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Great article summarising what it's like to be autistic (and why seeking a cure for Donald Trump and right-wing politics) is far far more important than seeking a 'cure' for autism.
For #SaxonSunday All Saints' Earl Barton up close.
September 28, 2025 at 6:17 AM
For #SaxonSunday All Saints' Earl Barton up close.