tarboat's photos with the keyword: dragon

This is one of four(!) of these fine ridge dragons that adorn a former pub/hotel adjacent to the harbour at Brightlingsea. The building is now apartments and hopefully these fine specimens will survive for many years to come

Another ridge beast spotted in Green Lane, Buxton. This is definitely not a dragon, rather some other mythical beast sitting on the roof. Clearly a fairly modern replica as the detailing is nowhere near as good as on the examples from the early 20th century.

This is one of four(!) of these fine ridge dragons that adorn a former pub/hotel adjacent to the harbour at Brightlingsea. The building is now apartments and hopefully these fine specimens will survive for many years to come.

This example is probably a wyvern rather than a dragon and is lurking on a rooftop in Macclesfield. This looks to be a fairly recent example rather than one of the Victorian examples which are generally of better quality detail.

I am always on the lookout for terracotta figures and beasts on buildings and was delighted when a friend mentioned that he had seen this one in Buxton. It's a bit the worse for wear, with part of a wing and lower jaw missing, and also rather green with lichen. However it's still very handsome and a fine adornment for the house. I wonder where it was made?

Terracotta dragons are very scarce but today I found two on a building in Heathcoat St, Nottingham. Quite different from this one , the Nottingham dragon cheekily curls his tail through one of the holes in the vertical section of the tile and also requires a prop for his neck! A lovely piece as is the one on an adjacent gable.