Su Westerman 📷
@suwesterman
Amateur photographer of historic architecture - portfolio at www.flickr.com/photos/suwesterman. Historic Graffiti Researcher & General Guide @cburycathedral.bsky.social.
Southwell Minster's fourteenth century north door. #AdoorableThursday
A hand raised in blessing, once part of a figure welcoming pilgrims as they reached the Trinity Chapel, site of St Thomas's shrine @cburycathedral.bsky.social. #Photography #HistoricGraffiti #WallsOnWednesday
For #SteepleSaturday the glorious #Romanesque south east transept tower @cburycathedral.bsky.social
One can only presume that the set designers working on David Lean's Oliver Twist drew their inspiration from Doré.
Cecil Brewer's 1915 spiral staircase at Heals, London. #StaircaseSaturday
Steps to the Trinity Chapel @cburycathedral.bsky.social hollowed out over time by the thousands of pilgrims nearing the end of their journey to St Thomas's Shrine. #StaircaseSaturday
Early 18th century elegance in Bedford Row, London. #AdoorableThursday
The sublime Christ in Majesty from Sant Climent de Taüll at the National Art of Catalonia, Barcelona. 📸 Own. #Romanesque #FrescoFriday #FindsonFriday
Hawksmoor's Christ Church towering over #Spitalfields. #SteepleSaturday
Of all the #Romanesque workI have photographed, that on the font at St Michael Castle Frome, Herefordshire remains for me amongst the most moving. #fontsonfriday
Smythson's entrance to the Great Hall at Old Wardour Castle, Wiltshire. #AdoorableThursday
Hexfoils or daisy wheels at St Mary's Church, Bishopsbourne near #Canterbury. #WallsOnWednesday #HistoricGraffiti
For #WorldLionDay, an eternally happy chap at St Michael and All Angels, Teffont Evias. #MonumentsMonday
Many visitors to the UK come via my home county of Kent. So the first National Trust place I'd recommend to someone visiting the UK for the first time is a wonderful 15th-century yeoman's house I've visited and photographed many times - Stoneacre.
Not long until London Open House 2025. A favourite of mine to previously photograph was Bevin Court and it's opening its doors again in #OpenHouseLondon2025. #StaircaseSaturday
From a recent visit to the sublime Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy, Conques. #TympanumTuesday #Romanesque
Spire graffito at Canterbury Cathedral. #SteepleSaturday #HistoricGraffiti
The walls of 7th century, St Proculus near Naturno, in the South Tyrol are covered with frescos from the 7th to 10th centuries including one known as 'the saint on a swing' said to be the eponymous saint escaping his persecutors via a window. #FrescoFriday
Christ in Majesty from Sant Climent de Taüll. National Art Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona. #Romanesque
Hawksmoor's masterpiece: Christ Church Spitalfields. #steeplesaturday
A small selection for #adoorablethursday, all from the Het Schip social housing complex Amsterdam, designed by Michel de Klerk in 1919.
Crossing tower interior view, St Mary's Breamore, Hampshire. #Woodensday
The remarkable south door of twelfth century St Nicholas Barfrestone, Kent. #TympanumTuesday #Romanesque
The Church of St. Philibert, Tournus, Saône-et-Loire, France is all that remains of a former Benedictine Abbey. It is renowned for its Romanesque architecture, but also has this marvellous mosaic.