Around Totnes

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how cool is that?!

 

[Bamber]

I missed this yesterday; didn't even know it was going to happen. The first time in over 50 years working horses have been see in Totnes town centre.

They're planning to do it again on Sunday 19th July: I've got my diary marked!

Damn! They've postponed this Sunday's visit. No idea when it'll be at the moment.

 

[squirt]

awwwwwwwwwww ... well? better postponed than cancelled? lol

 

[Bamber]

Totnes museum is housed in a 16th century merchants house. Behind the museum is a small, peaceful garden from which the cupola on the top of East Gate Archway is just visible.


Behind Totnes Museum by Phil Gayton, on Flickr

 

[Bamber]

Looking north across the garden to the rear of the merchants house the entry through which the garden is reached is just visible beneath the wood framed part of the building.


Totnes museum garden by Phil Gayton, on Flickr

If you click the photo three times you will get maximum zoom on the shot and can see part of a shop front on the opposite side of Fore Street through the entry.

 

[Bamber]

In the 16th century, many larger houses were built around a central courtyard. This is the one at the museum, viewed from the garden side of the entry.


Totnes Museum yard by Phil Gayton, on Flickr

 

[squirt]

^ what's in the case?

 

[squirt]

If you click the photo three times you will get maximum zoom on the shot and can see part of a shop front on the opposite side of Fore Street through the entry.

totally cool!

 

[Bamber]

^ what's in the case?

I'll have to check. I think it's a modern representation of Elizabethan art.

 

[squirt]

they look like dolls of some kind

 

[AuroraAngel]

Looking north across the garden to the rear of the merchants house the entry through which the garden is reached is just visible beneath the wood framed part of the building.


Totnes museum garden by Phil Gayton, on Flickr

If you click the photo three times you will get maximum zoom on the shot and can see part of a shop front on the opposite side of Fore Street through the entry.

I absolutely love how the buildings are all close together yet are so beautifully tended. It's like walking through a fairy garden to get to where you wish to go. Fabulous photos, Phil!!

 

[AuroraAngel]

they look like dolls of some kind View attachment 104076

I zoomed in. They are not dolls. They look like artwork to me.

 

[Bamber]

One of several cats which visit the parking area my home overlooks. Most of them use the roof which comes up to my windows as a highway and, in the morning, a sunbed. In the afternoon they need to get away from the building to catch some rays.


Pink ears by Phil Gayton, on Flickr

 

[Bamber]

Are you snapping me? by Phil Gayton, on Flickr

A bit of a war wound on the nose. There are frequent territorial battles.

 

[squirt]

Ricochet's favorite place is out by the pool, layin' in the sun lol
what a pretty kitty!

 

[Bamber]

I needed to visit the butcher this morning, so took the chance for another look in the courtyard of the museum.


Alms House relics by Phil Gayton, on Flickr

The artwork is modern, but the items are not.
A stone window frame and stone and metal plaques which were part of the John Norris Alms House of 1600, originally built on Totnes Quay, demolished and moved to The Grove in 1830. Later demolished again to make way for a road between The Grove and St Katherine's Way.

 

[Bamber]

Most of us town centre residents don't actually live on Fore Street and High Street, but behind them, many in alleys and lanes like this.


Traffic free by Phil Gayton, on Flickr

 

[squirt]

ahhhhhhhhh ... privacy! lol
thank you for the info on the artwork and articles, they're as fascinating as they look!

 

[AuroraAngel]

Most of us town centre residents don't actually live on Fore Street and High Street, but behind them, many in alleys and lanes like this.


Traffic free by Phil Gayton, on Flickr

Wow! That's the nicest alley I have ever seen. Love this photo, Phil, and thank you very much for the history of the artwork by the shop!

 

[Bamber]

The landlord shoved a note under my door at the weekend asking that the building be empty at 1pm today to allow an assessor a safe environment for an insurance inspection. I took my lunch and a book to the field above Baltic Wharf Boatyard and sat in the shade of the hedge for an hour or so.

Looking downstream...


The Ranges, Longmarsh and beyond by Phil Gayton, on Flickr