This lovely ornate door belongs to Casa Del Mar, also known as House A, at Hearst Castle, California. Casa Del Mar, which translates to House Of The Sea, is one of three guest houses on the site, and is where William Randolph Hearst and his family stayed while Casa Grande, the main house, was beingContinue reading “Thursday Doors – Casa Del Mar”
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Thursday Doors – Red, Pink And Tangled
These two rather fetching doors live in the old part of town, where buildings stretch back in time to the sixteenth century. I would imagine the houses they belong to are not much younger than that, despite their more modern Georgian frontages. I also imagine that the residents must have other ways of getting inContinue reading “Thursday Doors – Red, Pink And Tangled”
Thursday Doors – Silves, Portugal
This lovely little door is set into a wall on an ancient street, directly across from a twelfth century cathedral that may have even earlier origins, in the town of Silves, Portugal. The street is sloping, as you can see from the line of the cobbles, and there is a view across red-tiled roofs toContinue reading “Thursday Doors – Silves, Portugal”
Thursday Doors – Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon
This lovely door with wisteria crown belongs to one of the buildings at Shakespeare’s birthplace, Straford-Upon-Avon. There are several sixteenth century buildings on the site, including the main house where Shakespeare was born and grew up – he even spent the first five years of his marriage to Ann Hathaway there, the couple living withContinue reading “Thursday Doors – Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon”
Thursday Doors – Ivy Cottage
This is a rather short and sweet Thursday doors post. I’m knee-deep in formatting at the moment (but think I can see the finish line ), so I haven’t been out and about so much this week. However, on a short walk the other day I noticed this door. Actually, I noticed the ivy first,Continue reading “Thursday Doors – Ivy Cottage”
Thursday Doors – The Watching Loft
My door this week comes from the ancient cathedral of St Alban, and is the entrance to the fourteenth century Watching Loft. Prior to the dissolution of the monasteries, St Alban’s Cathedral was part of a huge abbey complex, at the centre of which was the shrine to the martyred saint. The Watching Loft wasContinue reading “Thursday Doors – The Watching Loft”
Thursday Doors – Blacksmith Row
This door is the end one in a row of three connected cottages called Blacksmith Row. There is no blacksmith there any more but, as with so many names in Britain, clues to the history of the place lie in the name. When Leverstock Green was a village, before the post-war new town developments madeContinue reading “Thursday Doors – Blacksmith Row”
Thursday Doors -Canal Boat
I’ve posted about canal boat doors before – I like their miniature size and the variety of different ways that people choose to personalise their boats. Living near to the Grand Union Canal, I often walk along it, and you get to know the boats that regularly moor in your area. When I wrote myContinue reading “Thursday Doors -Canal Boat”
Thursday Doors In The Heart Of London
This week I have some doors located in a winding cobbled alleyway in the heart of London. I love the way the alley twists, each turn revealing new shapes and architecture. It’s that wonderful mix of old and modern that you get in London, with a glimpse of the Walkie-Talkie looking one way, and theContinue reading “Thursday Doors In The Heart Of London”
Thursday Doors – The Bishop’s Door, St Albans Cathedral
A little while ago I posted about a set of doors at St Albans Cathedral, which someone commented ‘were probably the oldest’ set of doors to appear in the Thursday Doors Challenge. Now, I know I have an advantage, as I live in a country where buildings can be a thousand years old. However, thisContinue reading “Thursday Doors – The Bishop’s Door, St Albans Cathedral”
Helen Glynn Jones 