Hokay …
So as I'm back on the Planet I felt it about time I started (yet) another photo-post series. This one is inspired by Lynn, who you may recall has a penchant for fondling ancient doors.
Check out the blacksmith bling on this beauty!
According to Jane Geddes (who wrote the Bible on the subject), the door and ironwork for this, Haddiscoe and Hales churches (you'll see them another day) were made around 1100CE by the same joiner and blacksmith.
This one is the south door at Raveningham St.Peter's Church, (about half-an hour's drive from Lynn's parents' house next time we get to enjoy a Norfolk day out).
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During the Great Stay-At-Home, I started watching videos, one of which is a program called The Restorers. One of the craftspeople who is featured is a guy named Nev, a metalsmith who frequently restores/creates door hinges, railings, chandeliers, etc.
Did you need to work with your local fire code enforcement officers to formulate a door to meet their standards? Did this test convince them that the big, thick oak slabs would hold back the flames so you wouldn't need those ugly metal doors?
Hi, Speedway. We have to get our fire doors certified by the BRE (Building Research Establishment). We have to make one to be sacrificed at the altar of safety and hope that it makes it. Luckily, our doors are fine. Whew! What a relief.
How did I get so far behind? I'm a door lover too, so I'm here for this.
Lots more yummy old doors to come, Petrea.
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