Derbyshire Patterns

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This little plant was growing high on a wall at Cromford Mill and I was interested to see the flowers were forming the shape of a cross. It is probably only a chance view resulting from the angle I was looking at it from. Cromford Mill was the home of the first successful water powered cotton spinning mill built in 1771 by Richard Arkwright. The Mill has been rescued from dereliction and is in the process of development into a commercial and archival enterprise. Not least of the attractions here is Quiltessential patchwork shop!

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I think that these structures in the photograph above sluice gates, no longer in use. They are on the river that flows through Bakewell which we visited on Saturday. Their form seems quite architectural to me and I think they may well crop up in a piece of work in the future.

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These beautiful carvings are in the Parish church in Tideswell which is known as The Cathedral of the Peak. If you click on the photograph to enlarge it you will be able to see, not only the fine quality of the carving but also, a green man, which can be found in most churches, and a beautiful dragon. The wood carvings in Tideswell Church are very rich and detailed and are the work of a local man, Advent Hunstone who had previously been a stonemason. I would have photographed more of the carvings but I don't like using a flash in a church.

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I think these tiles are probably Victorian and I love the details in the edging tiles.

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Hopefully we will go back to /Derbyshire for a longer break another time.