Thaxted

And so 2017 comes to an end.... here are a couple of pictures from Thaxted taken on a Boxing day stroll.

John Webb's windmill built in 1804. It is a long a path by the church

 The church. One of the finest in Essex.

Canons Ashby

Canons Ashby  gets its name from the Augustinian priory which was founded in the 12th century. A small fraction of the monastic church survives. In 1551 it became the private chapel of the Dryden family who unusually kept the church open as a parish church.

Canons Ashby house was built in about 1550 by the Dryden family with additions in the 1590s, in the 1630s and 1710. It is largely unchanged since 1710. It has many Elizabethan and Jacobean features.

I ought to add it is one of my favourite properties. It has charm.