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The magnificent oak hammerbeam roof just up the road from us at the church of St John the Baptist, Needham Market, Suffolk :-

Great photos TONYM, I live in Rendlesham so will plan to visit this wonderful church

Another lovely church in Suffolk (famed for it's windows) is Blythburgh, I see if I can dig out some photos

Yes, been to Blythburgh & seen those windows. I must go again with camera in hand!

robgr posted:

Great photos TONYM, I live in Rendlesham so will plan to visit this wonderful church

Another lovely church in Suffolk (famed for it's windows) is Blythburgh, I see if I can dig out some photos

Yep, Jesus always has a nice house.

Apart from the first one. Having to wipe the cow shit of your swaddling must bring you down a peg.

winkyincanada posted:

robgr posted:

Great photos TONYM, I live in Rendlesham so will plan to visit this wonderful church

Another lovely church in Suffolk (famed for it's windows) is Blythburgh, I see if I can dig out some photos

Yep, Jesus always has a nice house.

The roof of this church was built between 1458 - 1500, and all oak, even the fixing pegs. Like all such ancient buildings, it's a constant struggle to maintain, with damp and deathwatch beetle attacking the roof's structure. In the days when it was constructed, the church was the centre of the local community, and round the small Suffolk villages these ancient buildings remain so. The congregations are shrinking, but the local populace still like to get married, and have their children christened, in them. It will be a sad day indeed if such wonderful buildings are allowed to fall into disrepair. 

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ewemon posted:

Wow! Capturing that is pretty special. 

tonym posted:

Yes, been to Blythburgh & seen those windows. I must go again with camera in hand!

What a beauty Tony.

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My own effort...

the hills of the south west Lake District.

 Vivian Maier style.I like it.

Generation gap

tonym posted:

winkyincanada posted:

robgr posted:

Great photos TONYM, I live in Rendlesham so will plan to visit this wonderful church

Another lovely church in Suffolk (famed for it's windows) is Blythburgh, I see if I can dig out some photos

Yep, Jesus always has a nice house.

The roof of this church was built between 1458 - 1500, and all oak, even the fixing pegs. Like all such ancient buildings, it's a constant struggle to maintain, with damp and deathwatch beetle attacking the roof's structure. In the days when it was constructed, the church was the centre of the local community, and round the small Suffolk villages these ancient buildings remain so. The congregations are shrinking, but the local populace still like to get married, and have their children christened, in them. It will be a sad day indeed if such wonderful buildings are allowed to fall into disrepair. 

Preservation of ancient timber buildings is a labour of love, for sure. Agree that it's  sad day when the resolve fails.

Reminds me of a story about one of the colleges at Oxford. Whenever they re-roof the main dining hall, they plant a grove of trees on some land they have nearby. When the roof is next ready for replacement, ~100 years later, they have stand of trees ready to be harvested for the large main beams. It's probably apocryphal, but seems elegant forward planning. 

I like that story too - but it is 500 years, not 100!

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Fabio 1 posted:

 Vivian Maier style.I like it.

Thanks Fabio You are much too kind of course