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Not quite a Constable painting but it was taken in Dedham, where the great master lived and created most of his masterpieces.
In the style of John Constable.
Stowe Landscape Garden, Buckinghamshire.
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Christchurch Dorset UK.
The building is a domestic Norman dwelling, known as the Constable's House, which was built within the original castle bailey in 1160. Much of the stonework survives, including a rare example of a Norman chimney (one of only five in the country). The stone used for construction was Purbeck marble. The ground floor which has four slit windows was used as a storeroom. The upper floor, accessed by steps outside and an internal staircase, contained the main hall. It is 67 by 23 feet (20 by 7 m) in size. As well as the chimney, another notable feature is the garderobe tower, which extends over the mill stream added in the early 13th century to provide sanitary arrangements.
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Willy Lott's Cottage ~ Dedham Vale ~ Dedham ~ Essex ~ England ~ Saturday April 22nd 2011.
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Well I had to wade into the river Stour to get this shot, I was up to my Knees & held my camera a few mm's above the surface of the water, as you do.
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So yesterday we had a day out to visit Salisbury. We've been around it many a time, trying to avoid the traffic, but this day we went to see it.
I always thought that a nice little photography project would be to visit and photograph all of the locations that John Constable painted. So, this 'maybe' the first.
You may have to wait a long time for more ....
Salisbury Cathedral from the water meadows.
Rather sadly you can't get to Constables original location, although I'm sure it's still there. The water meadows are managed land and although you can cross them on the Town Path, you can't wander around in them :-(
So this is the closest you can get.
As medieval structures go this one is amazing. Since 1549, the cathedral has had the tallest church spire in the United Kingdom, at 404 feet (123 m).
Inside I watched a video of a steeplejack climbing up to change the anemometer that sits right at the top, it was gut wrenching.
With all the rain we've had I was hoping the water meadows would be flooded but they are well managed. The Cathedral is built upon gravel and if the water table gets too high, or too low, it will fall down. So they monitor and control it.
So they say, it's been standing here a long time!
Worth the visit!
Nearby to Christchurch Castle ruins is a domestic Norman dwelling, known as the Constable's House. This was built within the original castle bailey in 1160. Much of the stonework survives, including a rare example of a Norman chimney (one of only five in the country).
The house is one of the few remaining examples of domestic Norman architecture in England. It provided grand and comfortable living quarters for the lord of Christchurch.
I took this shot around 2 years ago and recently decided to re-share it - sometimes things in the archive deserve another share with the world!
What to do when your old church is in ruins? Pop a tin tabernacle next door.
Taken in Norfolk, England.
Melton Constable lies six miles south-west of Holt.
Melton Constable is undoubtedly one of the strangest villages in Norfolk. Approached from Briston, you drive along the main street and notice the huge number of terraced houses - giving you the impression that you've magically crossed into Derbyshire or Nottinghamshire. The reason for the houses is that Melton Constable was originally a busy railway town at the hub of an important rail network. Lines converged here from King's Lynn, Yarmouth, Norwich and Cromer. The lines were designed by W. Marriott. Melton station was begun in 1881 and repair sheds, marshalling yards and houses for the railway workers soon followed. However, by the middle of the 20th century, the lines began to close - with the Cromer line being the last to go. Today Melton has no railway - but its history is commemorated in the village sign.
Melton Constable Hall - once the home of the Astley family (for seven centuries) - was built c.1670. It is located in extensive parkland and was one of the oldest enclosures in England (1290). Here is an illustration of the hall in its heyday. (It's hard to photograph because it's set a long way back from the main road.)
The hall was used as the principal location for Brandham Hall in Joseph Losey's 1970 film of The Go-Between. The film, which was based on the novel of the same name by L.P. Hartley, starred Julie Christie and Alan Bates as the doomed lovers. The screen play was written by Harold Pinter. The film makes great use of the house, the parkland and the surrounding countryside and, even today, portrays the beauty of the county in summer time. Sadly, the hall is now derelict.
The tower of Melton Constable church also features in one of the scenes where Ted Burgess is working on the land.
The church contains a number of memorials to the Astley family. Sir Jacob Astley, the Royalist commander, is famous for his prayer on the battlefield at Edgehill: 'O Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day; if I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me.'
Yes it's a bench at Flatford Mill!!! Flatford in Essex, Suffolk is know as Constable Country and hence the play on words for the title! I'm obviously feeling a little creative - make the most of it guys! : -)
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United Kingdom, Suffolk, Flatford, Summer 2024
Bridge Cottage is a 16th-century thatched cottage in Flatford, East Bergholt, Suffolk, England. The National Trust market the property under the name "Flatford: Bridge Cottage". It is a Grade II* listed building since 1955 and this reflects the importance of the cottage as part of the Flatford Mill group and its significance in the work of John Constable. The property is located in the heart of Dedham Vale, a typical Suffolk rural landscape. It is noted as the location for works by John Constable, and presents an exhibition of his paintings.
This is the location where John Constable painted the Hay Wain. Off course I didn't have a horse and cart at the ready.
The Hay Wain is a painting by John Constable, finished in 1821, which depicts a rural scene on the River Stour between the English counties of Suffolk and Essex. It hangs in the National Gallery in London and is regarded as "Constable's most famous image.
Most of the scene remains pretty untouched, but there is no right hand channel anymore to the side of the trees.
The house on the left side of the painting belonged Willy Lott, a tenant farmer. Willy Lott's Cottage has survived to this day practically unaltered, but none of the trees in the original painting exist today.
33035 at Constable Burton on the Wensleydale Railway with an engineers train on Saturday 18 October 2025. Thanks to Tom/Chris and the team. Note I have now taken the liberty of reinstating the headcode panel.
Nerlerit Inaat Airport (Mittarik Nerlerit Innat), Constable Point, Sermersooq municipality, Jameson Land, Eastern Greenland. This airport is thought to be the one with smallest population reachable by road in the world (15 local employees). It services area search and rescue, expeditions to Jameson, Scoresby Sund and Northeast Greenland National Park. The village of Ittoqqortoormiit (population 450), one of the most remote settlements on earth, can be reached by helicopter transport or by boat in summer.
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The Watermill is located in the centre of Dedham Vale, a wonderfully English village close to the Essex/Suffolk border. This is part of the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
The Mill was once owned by John Constable’s father and Constable made the Mill and the surrounding area the subject of many of his works of art.
The Domesday Book of 1087 mentions a mill at Flatford and records William the Conqueror's decision to keep it and some of the surrounding land for himself. This means there was a Saxon mill at Flatford before the Norman Conquest of 1066. In the late 14th century The Manor Court Rolls contain a record of a fulling mill at Flatford that was called ‘Flotfordmelle’.
The date stone built into the back wall of the Flatford Mill records the renovating of the mill by Abram and Isabel Constable in 1753. It appears to bear their initials and reads ‘AIC 1733’, but it has been tampered with and the ‘1753’ altered to ‘1733’. The mill was not owned by the Constable family until 1742.