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Crickhowell, Maenclochog, Haverfordwest and Clifton, Bristol

Gates

A selection of gates posted over the years, from Llangenny, Crickhowell, Abergavenny, Tredegar, Bristol and London …

Stone head 28: weathered

King, Haverfordwest

Queen, Haverfordwest

Queen, Congresbury

King, Congresbury

Another two pairs of medieval monarchs,
St Mary’s Church, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
St Andrew’s Church, Congresbury, North Somerset

A little worse for wear from being exposed, either side of exterior doors or windows, to all weathers: stained, broken-nosed, ignored and a little unloved. Great fashion sense though!

Portals 33: the long and the short

Victorian and medieval doorways, Dark Street,
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire

Sign 14: miscellany

Visitors please refrain…

Anne Owen’s house

Plum Vanilla house number

Hole in the Wall

Monthly Tutor’s cottage

A selection of signs: the visitor warning is from Saffron Walden; Anne Owen’s proud 1733 sign is in Aberdovey, Ceredigion; then a house number for an independent Narberth eaterie in Pembrokeshire; a rusting sign for a lane in Haverfordwest; and finally, the early 19th-century monthly tutor’s cottage in Fishguard, now a holiday let

Storage 4: niches

Outside

Inside

St Mary’s church, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire

Two empty niches, one outside, the other inside
Both would originally have housed a statue each
Perhaps not an image like this though?

Stone head 25: anguish

Pair of stone heads, capital, St Mary’s, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire

Stone head 25: leonine

 

Leafy leonine guardian, one of several in a terrace (note also the door knocker)
This end-of-terrace house sports four in total, three of them above windows
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Stone head 24: puzzled

Pistol: Discuss unto me; art thou officer?
Or art thou base, common and popular?
— Henry V, Act IV Scene 1

Puzzled-looking medieval helmeted soldier
St Mary’s, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareBirthday

Stone head 23: facepuller

Face-puller, possibly with toothache
St Mary’s, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire