ashlar portrait
February 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
ashlar portrait
Old photo: the weathered flint and ashlar ruins of Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk.
January 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Old photo: the weathered flint and ashlar ruins of Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk.
An interesting hierarchy of elevations at New Court, Trinity College, Cambridge…fine ashlar on the main public-facing elevation, lime plaster lined out to look like ashlar on the internal court area and bare brick on the side elevation, facing onto the alley 😃
February 8, 2026 at 3:09 PM
An interesting hierarchy of elevations at New Court, Trinity College, Cambridge…fine ashlar on the main public-facing elevation, lime plaster lined out to look like ashlar on the internal court area and bare brick on the side elevation, facing onto the alley 😃
some further refinements in the new ashlar masonry tileset. this feels pretty balanced now.
July 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
some further refinements in the new ashlar masonry tileset. this feels pretty balanced now.
Church of St Lawrence, Castle Rising,
Kings Lynn Norfolk
Norman central tower - c. 1140
“Late 19th C tower raised by 1 stage in limestone ashlar with blank arcading” - Historic England
“Saddleback top #Victorian by G E Street” - Pevsner @yalepress.bsky.social
#SteepleSaturday
Kings Lynn Norfolk
Norman central tower - c. 1140
“Late 19th C tower raised by 1 stage in limestone ashlar with blank arcading” - Historic England
“Saddleback top #Victorian by G E Street” - Pevsner @yalepress.bsky.social
#SteepleSaturday
March 28, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Church of St Lawrence, Castle Rising,
Kings Lynn Norfolk
Norman central tower - c. 1140
“Late 19th C tower raised by 1 stage in limestone ashlar with blank arcading” - Historic England
“Saddleback top #Victorian by G E Street” - Pevsner @yalepress.bsky.social
#SteepleSaturday
Kings Lynn Norfolk
Norman central tower - c. 1140
“Late 19th C tower raised by 1 stage in limestone ashlar with blank arcading” - Historic England
“Saddleback top #Victorian by G E Street” - Pevsner @yalepress.bsky.social
#SteepleSaturday
Phwoar! Painted finishes on ashlar ( used in the sense it’s defined in the Builders Dictionary of 1734). Edinburgh, WHS.
February 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Phwoar! Painted finishes on ashlar ( used in the sense it’s defined in the Builders Dictionary of 1734). Edinburgh, WHS.
Ashlar and the Vanishing Stranger of the Iron Tracks.
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Ashlar and the Vanishing Stranger of the Iron Tracks.
In the humid night of 1853, on the edge of a colonial railway outpost in the tropical lowlands, Ashlar walked with two of his brothers. Th...
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September 21, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Ashlar and the Vanishing Stranger of the Iron Tracks.
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This George VI wall box shelters from the weather in a shallow ashlar niche under an ogee arch. Clevedon, North Somerset.
#postboxsaturday
#postboxsaturday
December 6, 2025 at 7:24 AM
This George VI wall box shelters from the weather in a shallow ashlar niche under an ogee arch. Clevedon, North Somerset.
#postboxsaturday
#postboxsaturday
*that asterisk was, I think they’re fun. Idk about the rest of yall but if you’re not prepared to hear about the gradations between rubble and ashlar then idk why you’re here really
September 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
*that asterisk was, I think they’re fun. Idk about the rest of yall but if you’re not prepared to hear about the gradations between rubble and ashlar then idk why you’re here really
Go look at the stones again. See how they’re neatly cut, right angles, smooth faces, laid out in even rows? We call that coursed ashlar, and it would be a waste of money to build an exterior defensive castle with that. Expensive af. Note also the fine corbels (bracket supporting overhang).
September 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Go look at the stones again. See how they’re neatly cut, right angles, smooth faces, laid out in even rows? We call that coursed ashlar, and it would be a waste of money to build an exterior defensive castle with that. Expensive af. Note also the fine corbels (bracket supporting overhang).
January 23, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Conisbrough Castle’s keep is an iconic landmark, visible for miles and built around 1180 by Hamelin Plantagenet. It’s the oldest part of the castle and a rare example of ashlar-faced limestone. Its circular design, supported by six towering buttresses, is unique in England. with thick walls
July 19, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Conisbrough Castle’s keep is an iconic landmark, visible for miles and built around 1180 by Hamelin Plantagenet. It’s the oldest part of the castle and a rare example of ashlar-faced limestone. Its circular design, supported by six towering buttresses, is unique in England. with thick walls
Church of St Mary, Denver, Norfolk
Late 13th Century tower, with lancet windows & Y-tracery to the bell-openings. Carstone & ashlar.
The top of the tower dates from 1895, when a wooden steeple collapsed.
#SteepleSaturday
Late 13th Century tower, with lancet windows & Y-tracery to the bell-openings. Carstone & ashlar.
The top of the tower dates from 1895, when a wooden steeple collapsed.
#SteepleSaturday
May 16, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Church of St Mary, Denver, Norfolk
Late 13th Century tower, with lancet windows & Y-tracery to the bell-openings. Carstone & ashlar.
The top of the tower dates from 1895, when a wooden steeple collapsed.
#SteepleSaturday
Late 13th Century tower, with lancet windows & Y-tracery to the bell-openings. Carstone & ashlar.
The top of the tower dates from 1895, when a wooden steeple collapsed.
#SteepleSaturday
Old photo: the peaceful, weathered flint and ashlar ruins of the, reputedly haunted, 11th century Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk.
August 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Old photo: the peaceful, weathered flint and ashlar ruins of the, reputedly haunted, 11th century Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk.
Some impressive ancient stonework from Corbridge Roman site just south of Hadrian's Wall for #WallsonWednesday.
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Some impressive ancient stonework from Corbridge Roman site just south of Hadrian's Wall for #WallsonWednesday.
Second, and this is my actual bet: restoration/reconstruction. Maybe a bit earlier. A maintained ruin, basically. Look at this one. An actual Middle English castle keep! Isn’t it lovely? “But, Briggs, look at that ashlar! Didn’t you just say castles didn’t use it?”
September 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Second, and this is my actual bet: restoration/reconstruction. Maybe a bit earlier. A maintained ruin, basically. Look at this one. An actual Middle English castle keep! Isn’t it lovely? “But, Briggs, look at that ashlar! Didn’t you just say castles didn’t use it?”
Ashlar walls, lamps, and dancing sigillata in the forum taberna at Falerii Novi! 🏺 🗃️
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ClassicsBluesky
June 11, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Ashlar walls, lamps, and dancing sigillata in the forum taberna at Falerii Novi! 🏺 🗃️
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Who are Tovi Rose's friends? Iman (you know the one), Rob Ashlar... both of whom are boosting this post on Substack too
I feel like there is one of these per month (“actually Jews are collectively guilty, and as a Jew let me say that we should be more antisemitic”) — each one feels like a psyop but apparently they are not
if you’re curious: liberationday.substack.com/p/the-case-f...
that being said, don’t give it the clicks
that being said, don’t give it the clicks
May 29, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Who are Tovi Rose's friends? Iman (you know the one), Rob Ashlar... both of whom are boosting this post on Substack too
indeterminate creepy-crawly
June 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
indeterminate creepy-crawly
The doorway into St Andrew's church Wimpole as part of the rebuild of 1749 where the bit visible from the Hall to the left was in ashlar stone the rest in brick. 🤔
#AdoorableThursday
#AdoorableThursday
July 23, 2026 at 10:12 AM
The doorway into St Andrew's church Wimpole as part of the rebuild of 1749 where the bit visible from the Hall to the left was in ashlar stone the rest in brick. 🤔
#AdoorableThursday
#AdoorableThursday
Chancel #StMaryWestwood #Wiltshire for #Woodensday
This is a most unusual looking roof. In fact it's a standard common rafter roof, with purlins, collars and ashlar, but the way it's been plastered leads to its curious appearance, hiding the rafters and exposing the rest
This is a most unusual looking roof. In fact it's a standard common rafter roof, with purlins, collars and ashlar, but the way it's been plastered leads to its curious appearance, hiding the rafters and exposing the rest
July 1, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Chancel #StMaryWestwood #Wiltshire for #Woodensday
This is a most unusual looking roof. In fact it's a standard common rafter roof, with purlins, collars and ashlar, but the way it's been plastered leads to its curious appearance, hiding the rafters and exposing the rest
This is a most unusual looking roof. In fact it's a standard common rafter roof, with purlins, collars and ashlar, but the way it's been plastered leads to its curious appearance, hiding the rafters and exposing the rest
The cemetery and church of St Mary, Marston on Dove, Derbyshire.
Dating from the 13th century, it is built of sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roofs and stone coped gables.
It's pipe organ is from the late 17th century and was originally in Sudbury Hall, then Sudbury parish church.
#Photography
Dating from the 13th century, it is built of sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roofs and stone coped gables.
It's pipe organ is from the late 17th century and was originally in Sudbury Hall, then Sudbury parish church.
#Photography
February 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The cemetery and church of St Mary, Marston on Dove, Derbyshire.
Dating from the 13th century, it is built of sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roofs and stone coped gables.
It's pipe organ is from the late 17th century and was originally in Sudbury Hall, then Sudbury parish church.
#Photography
Dating from the 13th century, it is built of sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roofs and stone coped gables.
It's pipe organ is from the late 17th century and was originally in Sudbury Hall, then Sudbury parish church.
#Photography
Can we talk about stone? What is real and what isn't? Lannon? Ashlar? I need to be educated.
September 8, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Can we talk about stone? What is real and what isn't? Lannon? Ashlar? I need to be educated.