Ian Ebbage

Peacocks for #mosaicmonday, here with vine tendrils & a basket of grapes. Well-observed, good quality work with, in the lower border, a striking decorative tromp-l'oeil ribbon set against a dark background & picking up colouring from the birds' plumage. Antioch 2-4c CE

The former Whale Hotel in Eyemouth, dating back to 18c, now in need of some tlc #pubfrontfriday

Gateshead #fingerpostfriday

@TyneSnapper Yes, it is.

@ianebbage1 Long way from the sea 😉

In Wooler, Northumberland #pubsignthursday

The entrance to the Old Courthouse in Ripon #thursgate or perhaps #adoorablethursday

@KWCook57 Such a lovely building. We were there last week.

#OhHello from #Ripon Cathedral

For all fellow #Heroneers, this park near the centre of Edinburgh has become a favourite haunt: just a few of the birds I saw there this morning @CathyRLowe @every_heron

The so-called "Bishop's House", next to Elgin Cathedral. Dating back to 1406, it was probably the home of the Precentor #windowsonwednesday #wallsonwednesday

Blyth in the Bassetlaw District of Nottinghamshire #woodensday

@GretelleMaitre Glad you are so taken with Brasenose: it is a charming and very friendly place. But there again, I am biased!

We should all have a Quad or a Cloister to escape to. The Romans’ greatest gift to the world? 🧐 This is Brasenose College this evening.

The only remaining part of Fison's Chemical and Fertiliser Factory at Sandstell Point in Spittal, Berwick-upon-Tweed #ChimneyChewsday

An Ash Tree beside Bolton Abbey #thicktrunktuesday

In the railway arches in Gateshead #muralmonday

A highlight of our holiday in Yorkshire, seeing a handsome male Mandarin on the River Wharfe near the Strid #mallardmonday

The Great Chamber in East Riddlesden Hall near Keighley in Yorkshire #ceilingsonsunday

@SimoninSuffolk @riponcathedral I find it a charming piece of work , with Kempe's figures set off against the freshness of the lettering at the top.

@ianebbage1 @riponcathedral I was helped on my way by a useful little book, 'Glory in Glass: Windows in Ripon Cathedral' by Malcolm Hanson, 2nd edition 2018. I photographed this glass last month myself, and like you I was intrigued by it.

Lovely greens & yellows in this window in Ripon Cathedral (south window in the west facade). Can anyone please provide information about it, as I can't find any? #stainedglasssunday @riponcathedral

@SimoninSuffolk @riponcathedral Thanks so much. As ever, a very informative and interesting response!

I'll answer this here as well, in case anyone else is interested. The six figures are by Kempe & Co and date from 1905, and were among a collection originally in the chapel of Ripon Teacher Training College. After the college closed, these six were selected for rescue and were reset against a modern background in the Cathedral by Philip Crook in 2003.

#postboxsaturday in Bolton Abbey Village in Yorkshire

#fingerpostfriday in Ripon, such an interesting city