Monday 29 September 2014

Over the Border to England




Yes we do leave Cornwall sometimes.  Yesterday we had a trip up to the beautiful Somerset village of Hinton St. George.  A visit here is like taking a trip back in time.  If you removed all the cars (not that you actually see many) you would feel like you were in the last century.  I love the colour of the stone used in the houses and the abundance of thatched roofs.  It is interesting to see the different styles and building materials used in different parts of the country and further afield.

 A lot of the old buildings in Cornwall are built of cob.  Visiting Chester we saw the beautiful Tudor black and white timber frame houses.  Other areas are dominated by red bricks.  When we visited Australia I loved the old buildings with the front porches and verandas on the old hotels.  In New York the tenements with their fire escapes winding up the front of the buildings.

Do you have a favourite style?

Join me on a walk around the village.  You can even catch a glimpse of Superman :)






























































Thank you for all your replies to Saturdays post,  I will put up a pinwheels tutorial soon.

Chickpea xx

10 comments:

  1. What really struck me was the picture of the well maintained red telephone box. Those that remain seem so often to be sadly neglected.

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  2. Hello. This post was such a blast from the past for me. I grew up in Somerset and my parents had friends in Hinton St George who we visited regularly. Lovely to see it looking so unchanged.

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  3. What a beautiful looking village. I love the colour of the stone.

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  4. It looks a beautiful and historic place to explore.

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  5. Hi frugally challenged, the last phone box I went in was completely filled with spider webs. I quickly exited! This seems the type of village where the residents would be out polishing the box :)

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  6. Well what a coincidence Annie. I think if you came back in a hundred years not much would have changed :)

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  7. What a beauiful village, if money were no object, I would love to live in a victorian house, I just love that era.

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  8. Lovely pictures of such a pretty place. I love well designed buildings and can gaze at the architecture for hours wondering on the inspiration and skill - no particular style or era though.

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  9. What a lovely village. It's exactly what I imagine when I picture a quaint, old English village, though I've never been there. Thank you for sharing.

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