Façade of The Plough Chapel, Lion Street, Brecon, Powys. It began as a meeting room in a pub called The Plough, which stood on this site in the 17th century. Built in 1841, it was remodelled in the late 19th century.
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Groyne
Groyne, shingle and Cardigan Bay, Tywyn, Gwynedd
Imposing
Elaborate portal, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh. Imposing pairs of columns support a triglyph frieze and enclose the royal coat of arms of Scotland. A squat clocktower is topped by a regal crown.
Joyful
Bressingham Gardens, Diss, Norfolk With best wishes for a happier 2024!
Promise
Rainbow over the Usk valley,. Crickhowell
Dusting
Light dusting of snow, branches lacing over field;tree trunks, silent, still.
Bleak
A Crickhowell winter scene from a few years ago, the late 16th-century Dragon Inn on the left and Georgian townhouses on the right
Turret
Late 16th-century Canongate Tolbooth with turret and public clock, Old Town, Edinburgh
Acropolis
Figures dwarfed by unfinished neoclassical pillared portico of Scotland’s National Monument, Calton Hill, Edinburgh
Canalside
Autumnal colours reflected in the Monmouthshire and Brecon canal, Llangattock, Powys.
Minutiae 