Philip Wilkinson
@philipwilkinson.bsky.social
Author: historic architecture, places, history. Here I post English buildings in their variety: churches but also cafés, gazebos but also garages, public houses but also public loos. Plus occasional books, art, carvings, and other stuff.
June 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Lullington, Sussex. Tiny church (actually the chancel of a church once much larger) with tiny steeple. #SteepleSaturday #churchcrawling
March 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Lullington, Sussex. Tiny church (actually the chancel of a church once much larger) with tiny steeple. #SteepleSaturday #churchcrawling
Cheltenham’s soaring 19th-century Christ Church. #steepleSaturday #churchcrawling
March 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Cheltenham’s soaring 19th-century Christ Church. #steepleSaturday #churchcrawling
Stanton, Gloucestershire. Telephone box repurposed as information point.
February 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Stanton, Gloucestershire. Telephone box repurposed as information point.
Stanton, Gloucestershire. #steepleSaturday
February 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Stanton, Gloucestershire. #steepleSaturday
Font in the church at Rock, Worcestershire. #fontsonFriday
February 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Font in the church at Rock, Worcestershire. #fontsonFriday
The glorious Art Nouveau facade of Edward Everard’s printing works in Bristol. Tiles made by Doulton and designed by their chief designer, W J Neatby, c 1900. Johannes Gutenberg at his press on the left, William Morris on the right.
February 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
The glorious Art Nouveau facade of Edward Everard’s printing works in Bristol. Tiles made by Doulton and designed by their chief designer, W J Neatby, c 1900. Johannes Gutenberg at his press on the left, William Morris on the right.
Hales, Norfolk. Highly picturesque Norman church. #churchcrawling #SteepleSaturday
February 15, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Hales, Norfolk. Highly picturesque Norman church. #churchcrawling #SteepleSaturday
Looking up at the Welsh Back Granary, Bristol, one of the most dazzling bits of architectural patterning I know.
February 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Looking up at the Welsh Back Granary, Bristol, one of the most dazzling bits of architectural patterning I know.
Gwalia Stores, Ross-on-Wye, and its extraordinary collection of enamel advertising signs.
February 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Gwalia Stores, Ross-on-Wye, and its extraordinary collection of enamel advertising signs.
Venetian Gothic in Bristol. Browns, originally museum and library, a building of the 1860s-1870s.
February 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Venetian Gothic in Bristol. Browns, originally museum and library, a building of the 1860s-1870s.
Sun on Dent’s Terrace, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, the other day. Almshouses designed by George Gilbert Scott and and J Drayton Wyatt, 1865.
February 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Sun on Dent’s Terrace, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, the other day. Almshouses designed by George Gilbert Scott and and J Drayton Wyatt, 1865.
Snowdrops in the churchyard, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, a couple of hundred yards from where I live.
February 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Snowdrops in the churchyard, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, a couple of hundred yards from where I live.
Font, Halesworth church, Norfolk. #fontsonFriday
January 31, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Font, Halesworth church, Norfolk. #fontsonFriday
Fan vaulting in. Cirencester parish church.
January 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Fan vaulting in. Cirencester parish church.
The Vine: a beautifully tiled Victorian pub in Cheltenham.
January 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The Vine: a beautifully tiled Victorian pub in Cheltenham.
Chastleton, Oxfordshire. With Chastleton House poking up behind. #SteepleSaturday #churchcrawling
January 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Chastleton, Oxfordshire. With Chastleton House poking up behind. #SteepleSaturday #churchcrawling
Gloucester Docks. Penfold post box — a Victorian design, although this may be a later replica, as the slot looks rather large for an original.
January 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Gloucester Docks. Penfold post box — a Victorian design, although this may be a later replica, as the slot looks rather large for an original.
Another from Gloucester Docks. Biddle and Shipton warehouses.
January 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Another from Gloucester Docks. Biddle and Shipton warehouses.
Gloucester Docks, Llanthony Warehouse, this morning. Dull weather but still a reflection.
January 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Gloucester Docks, Llanthony Warehouse, this morning. Dull weather but still a reflection.
Broughton, Oxfordshire. #steepleSaturday #churchcrawling
January 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Broughton, Oxfordshire. #steepleSaturday #churchcrawling
Hook Norton, Oxfordshire. Font carved with figure of centaur with bow and arrow, inscribed SAGITTARIUS.
January 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Hook Norton, Oxfordshire. Font carved with figure of centaur with bow and arrow, inscribed SAGITTARIUS.
Ampney St Mary, Gloucestershire. #adoorableThursday
January 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Ampney St Mary, Gloucestershire. #adoorableThursday
Northleach, Gloucestershire, this morning. Limestone lower walls and roof, timber-framed upper storey. #woodensday
January 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Northleach, Gloucestershire, this morning. Limestone lower walls and roof, timber-framed upper storey. #woodensday
Re-used carved slab (early medieval?) used as door lintel, Ampney St Mary, Gloucestershire.
January 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Re-used carved slab (early medieval?) used as door lintel, Ampney St Mary, Gloucestershire.