Medieval door

The doorway to St Nicholas Church, Barfreston, Kent - listed on the internet as one of the hidden gems of Norman architecture in Kent, and possibly in the whole of England.

The village of Barfreston was a stopover place for pilgrims on their way to Canterbury to see the shrine of St Thomas a Becket.

The church was probably founded in the late 11th century by Hugo de Port, a Norman knight. The building was remodelled about 1180 with the addition of the detailed stone carvings (over 100) seen today.

[Ulrika]

wow that is an amazing door!!

[Dawn]

Oh WOW , interesting facts , and a cool image of this door

[Elizabeth]

Like all the different textures and ornamentation!

[Linda]

I wonder if the stone carvers could have even imagined that we would be in awe of their work 800 years later! So many eyes have admired this through the years.

[Cindy McFarland]

I love beautiful old architecture and in particular, old doors. Fav.

[Merrelyn]

What a fabulous door and an amazing piece of history :)

[Connie Little]

Now that is a door. Fabulous detail and textures. What a great piece of history.

[Joan Robillard]

Grand door

[Delwyn Barnett]

Wow so much history and so old. That door must have seen a lot of things.

[sally agnew]

Wonderful historical treasure, thank you for sharing :)

[Lee]

Wonderful.

[Sue]

Lovely detail and works so well in black and white

[Roy Hughes]

Wonderful stone carving.

[FBailey]

@tibles @dawnee @redy4et @lindasees @cindymc @merrelyn @littleconnie @joansmor @dkbarnett @hermann @gamelee @suesouthwood Thank you all so much for your lovely comments - it is good to know that other people like the same sort of things I do:)

[FBailey]

@royrj Thanks very much, and to think they've survived mainly intact all those years ...

[Pyrrhula]

A great B+W shot of this beautiful old door.

[FBailey]

@pyrrhula Thank you!

[Catherine Otley]

Great find and works well in B & W. Would like to have seen the whole carving above the door.

[*lynn]

fantastic old door

[Jorlam]

Brilliant!! loving the textures in both door and stonework.. the ironwork is fantastic, so detailed.. great processing too.

[Lisa Pouncy]

Oh I love old doors. Great textures with the stonework, grain in the wood and the ironwork on the door xx

[haskar]

Nice textures.

[Jessika Panteleios]

Wonderful door and textures.

[FBailey]

@redandwhite @lynnz @jorlam @psychographer @haskar @jessikapanteleios Thanks so very much for taking the time to leave such positive feedback:)

[Michelle]

Such beautiful architecture and wrought iron work, I live in Kent and I've never heard of Barfreston - off to put this on my list of places to visit! :)

[FBailey]

@bigmxx Thank you! You will love it Michelle, so much history. Very small church. Parking nearby is not easy at all, but it's worth a short walk. Whereabouts in Kent are you?

[Michelle]

@fbailey I'm from Sittingbourne :)