Taken for the half and half challenge in May these are the old door and window on the unimproved side of a Grade II listed 17th century shop on the High Street. The front has been updated. The listing gives the following details: 2 storeys. Weatherboard front. 2 sash windows. C19 shop fronts. Hipped old tile roof. Side wall pargetted, with four masks in decoration. C17. New back wing copies pargetting and masks.
Three good things:
1. We were both up and doing bright and early;
2. It feels as if summer is really on its way
3. My oil and water shot is in the Top Twenty.
Thank you for looking and your amazing response to the view of London. You're all wonderful. I prefer to spend time looking at your pictures rather than thanking you individually below.
@brigette it is - it looks completely disused - and maybe part of a storeroom behind the shop only accessible from inside. There's an extension beyond that looks to be the access to the first floor flat. I hadn't noticed this door or knocker before and wondered if it had been boarded up too. (I have taken so many photos down this alleyway over the years, so I'm surprised I hadn't seen the door knocker before - the masks in the pargetting are similar
Great find and shot. The door seems rather small in your capture. Max took some lovely shots but then I set the camera to 'auto' for him and let him compose and zoom or not as he likes.
Hi Shanne, we're partnered this week. I was set 'Alphabet Photography' last week and really enjoyed it. Would you like to try it? It can be a word, or just one letter.
@ingajohansson - it's called pargetting or pargeting, hence the surname Pargetter (and variants), after the tradesman with this skill. It is a form of waterproof decorative plaster-work seen on the outside of buildings traditionally particularly in Suffolk and Essex, apparently, although it is seen more widely now There are some really interesting masks in the same wall that date back to the 17th Century, according to the listing. There's another amazing bit of pargetting on another house locally.
Ian