Industrial Beauty

When it comes to industrial scenery, I’m a bit of a sucker for a reflective wall of glass, or a very cool set of fans.  I really like staircases and escalators, shiny metallic support columns and industrial lamps.  I admire the clean lines and the orderliness of commercial designs.

Commercial Goldfish Bowl

Industrial Thorn Barrier

Industrial Fan System

Industrial Glass Offices

Industrial Glass Office Block

Commercial Building interior

And Sundays provide a photographer with empty car parks and an uninterrupted view of commercial buildings; it’s a good time to take a walk on the industrial side.  The images here are just a small sample to tickle your tastebuds …

Back to Life in Colour

St Mary’s Church, Hainton

Old Coach House, Hainton, Lincolnshire Wolds

Old Coach House, Hainton, Lincolnshire Wolds

After looking at the world for the past few days in black and white for a specific project, it was with huge relief that I set off yesterday with my colour head on again. I stopped off at Hainton in the Lincolnshire Wolds on the way back from Louth, and re-visited an old coach house and stable block I first discovered back in January.  The sun was shining, probably too much for photography to be honest, but I couldn’t resist spending time in the almost Spring sunshine.

Hainton is one of those rare places, a manor that has been in the possession of a single family for much of its recorded history.  The church of St Mary stands in the grounds of Hainton Hall, which was and still is the home of the Heneage family.  The chancel and north chapel contain an unparelleled and virtually unbroken sequence of family monuments dating from the fifteenth century.  This beautiful old church is a Grade I listed building, and therefore protected.

The old coach house stands opposite the church and the stable block; it is disused except for storage and has some lovely old windows dating from the days when squares of glass were simply slid into the frame, one on top of the other.

The estate holds a listed 1807 stuccoed stable block with a couple of interesting windows, perhaps the work of Atkinson, and several 1836 estate cottages, the work of William Danby.

Old window inset into deep stone wall

Images above are a small sample of historic Hainton’s old buildings in the Lincolnshire Wolds.

Black and White

“To see in colour is a delight for the eye but to see in black and white is a delight for the soul.” – Quote by American photographer, Andri Cauldwell.

Swan Necked

Reflections of a Shell

Ancient Door

Last Summer’s Blooms

Two Doors

Textures

Wooden door of an ancient church

Old stained glass leaded windows at Bishop’s palace

Weathered wooden support beam

Weathered wooden beam

Intricate wooden roof support

A few appealing time and weather-worn textures I have recently come across whilst out and about.

The Intricacies of Engineering

Intricacies of Engineering

This is one of the lock gates at Torksey Lock where the Fossdyke Canal meets the River Trent in Lincolnshire, with West Burton Power Station in the background.  Torksey Lock and the canal connects the Trent to the county town of Lincoln, and the Fossdyke canal is believed to be one of the oldest canals in England still in use.  It is thought to have been built in 120 AD by the Romans, but there is no clear concensus on this.  The canal was certainly refurbished in 1121, during the reign of Henry I and responsibility for its maintenance was transferred to the city of Lincoln by King James I.  Improvements made in 1671 included a navigable sluice or lock at Torksey.  These waterways were once busy with boats carrying important cargo for trade.  Nowadays Torksey only draws pleasure boats to its waters.  However, the intricacies of the engineering involved in building a canal and a lock, and even more so – a power station, are clearly apparent wherever you look.

The Window

The Window

Spotted at a country church February 2015, and shot because it is an inset window of a Grade II Listed building constructed in 1850 and I liked the shape, the green glass and the mellow colour of the limestone.