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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 2h

It certainly is. Although, it could do with a bit of a clean to bring out the finer details.

Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 2h

Doulton’s headquarters & factory building, #Lambeth #London
Architect - R. Stark Wilkinson - 1878

High #Victorian #Gothic architecture, with decorative details of Doulton’s terracotta.

#Exeter born, Stark Wilkinson designed the Digby Hospital, #Devon in 1886.

#WallsOnWednesday
#WindowsOnWednesday

A gothic corner building with turret, many windows & terracotta details.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 3h

Agreed.
I was very pleased to see it & so apt to see it at Chantilly.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 3h

Yes, it is rather beautiful.
Great to see a couple of “Château de Chantilly” blooms still flying into the autumn at Chantilly.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 5h

Yes, as you say a very interesting price, but then there are couple of significant names on that ticket. 😉

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 5h

👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 -
Château de Chantilly, near #Paris #France

“Château de Chantilly” rose -
📷 03.10.2025

#RosesOnWednesday
#elevensestime

Soft pink with a hint of yellow centre to this rose with multiple petals.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 6h

🤔
Yes, I know what you mean. Something that is aesthetically pleasing is not necessarily the most practical. 😉

I know I would have banged my knee frequently!

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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 9h

Antoni Gaudi's Episcopal Palace in Astorga in Leon on the Camino di Santiago: one of the very few buildings he did outside Catalonia #windowsonwednesday

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 7h

The naming of “Little Holland House” by Frank & Florence Dickinson is in reference to the home of G F Watts.
Frank was inspired by Watts, Ruskin & Morris.
The frieze in the bedroom was painted by Frank.

A painted frieze with sky, clouds, trees, water & reflections.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 7h

Yes, absolutely. We had not been to Carshalton before.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 7h

Thanks.
Interesting furniture. Similar pieces in Little Holland House, but amazingly made by Frank Dickinson, whose day job was a draftsman at Doultons.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 7h

Interesting. 🤔
We discovered it on a visit last weekend.
Rescued by the local council, staffed by volunteers, open first Sunday of the month, but with no money for publicity.

An absolute gem. It deserves to be far more widely known.

On Beeches Avenue, just south of Carshalton Beeches station.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 8h

#ArtsandCrafts bed - c.1904

In the true spirit of the Arts and Crafts movement - the bed, but also whole house designed, constructed & furnished by Frank & Florence Dickinson.

Little Holland House, Carshalton Beeches, #London

#Woodensday
#WoodcarvingWednesday

Frank & Florence’s bedroom with wall frieze, door & bed designed, completed & furnished by themselves.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 19h

Yes, it may not have had large horns, but it just sat there watching with a very superior attitude.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 19h

Agreed.
This one just sat there, undisturbed and watched me walk by.

Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 21h

Great - that scarlet colour is quite intense. Hopefully they will keep flowering for a while.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 22h

Indeed.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 22h

Jacob Sheep - River #GreatOuse.

#DownhamMarket #Norfolk
#FenEdge #TheFens

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Bill Coulson @devonshirenature.bsky.social · 1d

Osprey, a juvenile, with a freshly caught Mullet seen over the River Dart yesterday on a great cruise on the African Queen from Kingswear/ Dartmouth.
Guide Mike Langman @clennonvalley.bsky.social

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Isabelle Prim @horatioforever.bsky.social · 1d

Cimetière de la Chartreuse, early this morning 🍁

Rust in peace
Tombs, and rusted crosses and railings

Some of the mausolea of the cemetery, blue sky

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, I like how they are so long lasting. The change in leaf colour gives an added twist.

Yours look very good. 😄

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 1d

👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 - #DownhamMarket #Norfolk

Geranium - 📷 Today

#elevensestime

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 1d

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 1d

“Bear with a banner” medieval tile -
14th Century

In 1382, Jean de Berry employed Spanish craftsmen to decorate his residences with armorial floor tiles at Mehun-sur-Yivre, Bourges & Poitiers. A skill then unknown in France.

#TilesOnTuesday

Caption “Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry” exhibition -
“In the spring of 1382, Jean de Berry obtained permission from the Duke of Girona, his relative, to send three craftsmen from the Valencia region to Spain to work, under the leadership of Jean de Valence, on the construction sites of his fabulous castle of Mehun-sur-Yivre, as well as on those of the palaces of Bourges and Poitiers. The innovative program consisted of decorating the state rooms and apartments with armorial floors made of earthenware tiles produced locally, thanks to the temporary importation of this expertise, then unknown in France”.

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