The Great Conservatory at Syon House looked particularly splendid in some recent sun. Erected in the 1830s, with a dramatic parabolic dome above a cast iron frame, it’s listed at Grade I, and is the ‘first metallic horticultural structure of any importance’. #IronworkThursday
Couldn’t visit St Saviour’s Dartmouth without another look at my favourite door! The ironwork says 1631, but it’s thought that’s just when it was repaired . The wood has been carbon dated to 1361. #AdoorableThursday#ironworkthursday#medieval
For IronworkThursday, here’s a splendid tomb enclosure/mortsafe I saw at Elgin Cathedral recently. According to the inscription it was erected by John Forsyth, the Ironmonger in Elgin, in 1810, in memory of his wife and other family members.
Not sure if #IronworkThursday is a thing here, but this caught my eye at Crathes Castle, Aberdeenshire.
