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This lovely timber framed threshing barn built in around 1610 always fascinates me when I visit Hodnet Hall Gardens.
BuildingHistory.org on the history of barns:

Often the dominating farm building is the barn, the storehouse for the grain crop. It can be recognised by its great doors – two opposite each other large enough for a fully-laden wagon [...]

14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 21st 2015

The dovecote is a Grade II listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument. It was built in 1656 and predates the original 19th century hall and is more contemporary with the 17th century Tithe Barn that is situated near by. The current hall is shown in the bottom photograph.

It was built with nesting holes for pigeons, [...]

6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 20th 2015

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
Albert Einstein

6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 11th 2015

If you cannot read all your books…fondle them—peer into them, let them fall open where they will, read from the first sentence that arrests the eye, set them back on the shelves with your own hands, arrange them on your own plan so that you at least know where they are. Let them be your [...]

12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 4th 2015

As 2014 came to a close, nature provided a glorious sunset.

22 Comments CherryPie on Jan 1st 2015

I invite you to read my reflection on 2014 on the Broad Oak Magazine blog.

12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 30th 2014

Inspiration will always sing; inspiration will never explain.
Kahlil Gibran

20 Comments CherryPie on Dec 28th 2014

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