A Day at Kings Manor continued...

Blacksmith Don Barker working on a leaf motif at the skills event at Kings Manor

All participants were members of the York Consortium For Conservation and Craftsmanship

More photo's from the event in the next post...

There are more events organised by the SPAB Yorkshire Regional Group including visits to Kirkstall Abbey in May, Nostell Priory and Knedlington Old Hall in June, and Darnall Crucible Shops in September.

SPAB website is here
Conservation Courses at University of York Kings Manor
You can view all of my images of York Minster here
You can view all of my images of York here

Note: Unfortunately I did not get all the names people and companies who attended the event. Members can be viewed at the York Consortium For Conservation and Craftsmanship, or if you took part, please drop me a line and I will gladly give an honourable mention to companies and people shown in the photos.

A Day Out At Kings Manor continued...

See yesterdays account of my visit to Kings Manor

Continuing my visit at the regional event at Kings Manor in Yorkshire organised by Ray Wilson of the SPAB Yorkshire Regional Group the next stall had some remarkable examples of carpentry and craftsmanship.

This carpenter was producing a classical panel detail for a door restoration and his work was remarkably intricate and detailed. Click on the image below for a closer look:-

All participants were members of the York Consortium For Conservation and Craftsmanship

More photo's from the event tomorrow...

There are more events organised by the SPAB Yorkshire Regional Group including visits to Kirkstall Abbey in May, Nostell Priory and Knedlington Old Hall in June, and Darnall Crucible Shops in September.

SPAB website is here
Conservation Courses at University of York Kings Manor
You can view all of my images of York Minster here
You can view all of my images of York here

Note: Unfortunately I did not get all the names people and companies who attended the event. Members can be viewed at the York Consortium For Conservation and Craftsmanship, or if you took part, please drop me a line and I will gladly give an honourable mention to companies and people shown in the photos.

A Day Out At Kings Manor York

Handmade Brick Moulds courtesy of York Handmade

Over the weekend I went on a SPAB (Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings) regional event at Kings Manor in Yorkshire organised by Ray Wilson of the Spab Yorkshire Regional Group. It was a magnificent event which was well attended.

I am a member of SPAB and also lucky enough to be a freelance photographic contributer to their magazine Cornerstone.

I had a wonderful day meeting like minded people who have a love for our historic built environment.

The day was split into two halves. In the morning I visited the skills and crafts exhibition attended by members of the York Consortium For Conservation and Craftsmanship, and in the afternoon we had a tour of the Masons Loft, Chapter House Roof and East Front of York Minster. I took quite a few photographs and over the next few days I will introduce you to some of the things that I saw.

The first 'stall' I visited at the skills event was a brick making demonstration by York Handmade. As well as the quality of the handmade bricks, I thought it was fascinating to see both the original pattern moulds and the end result:-

Many people think that bricks are a recent material used for construction, but they have been used for thousands of years - in fact you can see evidence of Roman Bricks in the wall surrounding the ruins of Saint Mary's Abbey.

More photo's from the event tomorrow...

There are more events organised by the SPAB Yorkshire Regional Group including visits to Kirkstall Abbey in May, Nostell Priory and Knedlington Old Hall in June, and Darnall Crucible Shops in September.

SPAB website is here
Conservation Courses at University of York Kings Manor
You can view all of my images of York Minster here
You can view all of my images of York here

Note: Unfortunately I did not get all the names people and companies who attended the event. Members can be viewed at the York Consortium For Conservation and Craftsmanship, or if you took part, please drop me a line and I will gladly give an honourable mention to companies and people shown in the photos.

Early English Rose Window

Early English window Beverley Minster Beverley East Riding Yorkshire, UK

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The Apse of the Romanesque Kilpeck Church, Herefordshire UK

ROMANESQUE: Specific style predominantly relating to architecture as expounded by Thomas Rickman after discovering that there was a common pattern which had developed over time in Ecclesiastical architecture.

Romanesque is normally apportioned to architecture of the C11th and C12th centuries in Europe which has a strong stylistic influence from ancient Roman architecture. In England it is more commonly referred to as Norman.

This influence is typified by round arches and strong bold columns and piers. Romanesque is also characterised by its decoration which can consist of

• Diaper Work
• Chevron Pattern

• Grotesque ornamentation with influence from the Bestiary

Part of the lively sculpture at Kilpeck Church Herefordshire UK

There are some excellent examples of Romanesque architecture in the UK including Durham Cathedral, Kilpeck and Adel.

Here are all my Romanesque images

Here are images of Kilpeck Church (50% of sales of these images go to the Church)

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Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain

Frozen Hands

This image is the subject of my latest sale to a magazine in Eastern Europe.

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Pathetic Fallacy?

I don't know what 'school' of architectural photography I belong to, but some might say that my personal work is a little indulgent at times.

I like to work on relationships between things, and express an opinion by setting up visual indicators of feeling. Such as this image taken last week. It is of our local war memorial and our local former grammar school (now being demolished). Two inanimate objects provide an extra dimension to the photography. Indulgency or photographers craft?

Whatever it is, I feel much the better for it after capturing the essence of my thoughts.

Chinese Arch Liverpool UK

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More images of the Chinese Arch Liverpool

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All Saints Parish Church

Here is a real spring image of a typical parish church in the UK. In this case it's All Saints Parish Church Thornton Le Dale North Yorkshire.

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Stained Glass WIndow

Stained glass window in the apse of Saint Mary and Saint Davids Kilpeck Herefordshire UK

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More images of Kilpeck here

More images of Romanesque architecture here

Early English Rose Window York Minster UK

C13th Early English Rose Window York Minster York UK

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More images of Gothic Architecture

Screen Manchester Piccadilly by Tadao Ando

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QUATREFOIL - a geometric shape often used in Gothic buildings in tracery and stylistic expression of battlements etc. Foil derives from the French word for leaf. Here as in this C13th Early English window St Mary Magdalene Woodstock, UK.

More examples here

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General Gothic images here

Croston's Gate Post

The site of Crostons Upper Mill is slowly being reclaimed by nature but significant standing archaeology remains such as this gate post which is situated next to the rubble outline of the cottages it once served.

Crostons Upper Mill is being photographed as a part of my Cheesden Valley Project

There is a google earth archi-map of the Cheesden Valley

More images of the Crostons site

All images of the Cheesden Valley project by Andy Marshall

Santi Giovanni e Paolo

Here is a remarkable example of Gothic Medieval found in the Castello region in Venice Italy (C13th). This image recently sold in a worldwide travel guide for Venice.

What strikes me about the building is the wonderful use of brick to articulate the facade. Many people I meet think that brick is a recent form of construction but brick has been in use for thousands of years. The Romans used brick (and concrete) in many of their buildings.

This image can be purchased for licensed use at Alamy

Regency Shop Window

Early C19th bow window in the old town of Bridlington Yorkshire, UK

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One Bird That Won't Get Flu

This is a shot I took last year of the famous Liver Bird on the Liver Building Liverpool UK.

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Oriel Chambers,Liverpool UK

Oriel Chambers by Peter Ellis 1864 Liverpool UK is the subject of my latest sale to an architecture book.

It is a remarkable building which predates the modern style of construction both in its form and its style. It is a revolutionary design

The image can be purchased from Alamy

Mosque

This is an upshot of a Mosque I visited today which is under construction. It is the dome to an extension of the original Mosque. It is to be cladded in timber with a lead covering.

You can see a larger version of this photo at my photoblog here

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Kings Chapel, Cambridge, UK

Pinnacle - mostly found in Gothic architecture where a buttress or parapet is terminated with a turret like form, often decorated with crockets etc. The main function of the pinnacle on a buttress is to provide mass for downward thrust. Here is an image of a new pinnacle prior to installation:-

More images of pinnacles by Andy Marshall

Occulus and Pediment

Occulus and segmental pediment to the remarkable Unitarian Meeting House built in 1711 in a provincial Baroque style with gauged and rubbed brickwork Bury St Edmunds Suffolk East Anglia UK

Dogstooth

Early English Dogstooth Ornament (C13th), Holy Trinity Micklegate York UK.