Stopping off in Chipping Norton for some lunch on the way back from a photo shoot last week, I couldn't resist a quick look around Gill & Co. a traditional hardware shop. A proper "Four Candles" sort of place that smells of wood and glue and seeds and lots of good stuff.
Emerging with some Revell paint (how are Revell so good at getting their paint into these places, the one in Bourne stocks it too?) and a roll of (hopefully) good masking tape, I find this wonderful corner behind the high street.
Three types of brick (or is the wall nearest the camera stone?) and some wooden walls - scruffy, but full of character. Close study, by someone who knows their stuff, would be able to work out how the building has evolved over a long period of time. Ironically, this sort of evolution would now be prevented by planning and conservation laws, but I love it!
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