Bikes and... wait for it, wait for it, Churches!

[non-fixie]

Former Reformed Church in Zevenhoven, NL. These days it's a family home, by the looks of it.

 

[sjcprojects]

No, I have not been on a tour of Tuscany – this is in fact the Church of All Saints, in Hassop, Derbyshire. Built in 1816-17, it started life as the chapel for Hassop Hall over the road (owned by a prominent local Catholic family).

 

[Scott-S]

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No, I have not been on a tour of Tuscany – this is in fact the Church of All Saints, in Hassop, Derbyshire. Built in 1816-17, it started life as the chapel for Hassop Hall over the road (owned by a prominent local Catholic family).

Now that makes an imposing statement as entrances go

 

[sjcprojects]

Now that makes an imposing statement as entrances go

True – though for a Catholic church it's positively subtle and restrained

 

[Scott-S]

True – though for a Catholic church it's positively subtle and restrained

Aye thats very true

 

[chickendrumsticks]

Aye thats very true

It's a temple!

 

[AliH]

The Church of Mount Bokor in Kampot Province, the second oldest Catholic Church in Cambodia built in 1920. 1048m above sea level reached on my old 1982 Bridgeston Eurasia.

 

[sjcprojects]

St Mary’s, Rostherne, Cheshire. The most notable thing about this one is perhaps the particularly nice church gate (or lychgate to give the proper name - ‘lych’ from the Saxon for ‘corpse’, obviously they had no time for flowery metaphors, those Saxons).



The gate is self-closing, with a weight and pulley system; the lead weight can be seen on the right here. This is to keep livestock out of the churchyard.

 

[canny colin]

St Michael's Church, Warden . Northumberland. New ,1903 Gates

 

[canny colin]

St Michael's Church Warden, One of the oldest sites of worship in Northumberland. Parts built of Roman Quarried and dressed stone . Saxon works and an outside brick wall built by me as an Apprentice. I was explaining to the BIshop of Durham why the bricks had to be a certain way up to shed rain water . when the bishop noticed one brick was upside down . Quick as a flash a very experienced bricklayer, explained that only the Good Lord can make thinks perfect. Apparently the Bishop used the incident when he did a service in Durham Cathedral. Here endith the lesson.