What else was lovely was the trip to Cressing Temple. How I have never heard of it or been to visit it before, I have no idea! It's an 'ancient monument' one of the earliest possessions of the Knights Templar which has three Grade I listed Medieval barns, one of which is the oldest standing timber-framed barn in the world as well as a reconstructed Elizabethan walled garden which is lovely.
One barn is completely empty, a real 'wow' place, absolutely enormous. The other has a museum display and a scaffolding so that you can see the old timbers at close sight. It's all very touchy-feely with only a few of the exhibits in the whole site roped off.
I took some photos, of course, although the battery ran out as we entered the walled garden which means that, of course, I shall have to go back there again!
The rest of today's entries consists of some photos I took with occasional comments
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| Such old timber with built in woodworm! |
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| A Victorian craftsman's initials (I think). |
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| There's a blacksmith's shop . . . |
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| . . . and a wheelwright's. |
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| This is straight - honest. Lovely wonky walls! |
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| It doesn't show up too well but this upstairs floor is very uneven - look at where it meets the side. |
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| A beautiful one room building containing a well. |
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| Inside the bread oven in the baker's shop - thank goodness for flash photography because it was extremely dark. |
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| The wheat barn (I think) |
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| The only photo I got of the walled garden. |
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