Doug Shepherd's photos with the keyword: Arch

The decorated exterior wall of the gatehouse viewed from the north The great gatehouse formed the main entrance into the priory and was built in about 1320 to 1340 and rebuilt in the 13th century. It has a wide carriage arch, surmounted by a very decorative pointed gable around which is ranged a series of figures and shields bearing the arms of the noble patrons with which the priory was associated. Originally, the figures and the shields would have been painted.

The gatehouse arch viewed from the south

Kirkham Priory (1 x PiP) The PiP shows view from the decorated door that lead from the cloister into the refectory. The cloister is a rectangular court which formerly had a covered alley on each side, though all trace of these has now vanished.The alley roofs would probably have been supported on open arches, and may have been embellished with animal and figure sculptures as they were in other Augustinian priories.The central court or garth might have been laid out as a formal garden which may have had water running through open drain channels around the sides. When not attending services in the church, the canons spent most of their days in this court. they would have been provided with a series of carrels or desks at which thy might study or write.

Kirkham Priory The view through the arch show the three arch bridge over the River Derwent.

Kirkham Priory View towards the remains of the Misericord (the room in a monastery for monks granted a relaxation of monastic rules) from the Cloister.

Perhaps better enlarged The remains of the west front are in a battered and weathered condition: the shell seems to be 14th century, but the window tracery looks to be of mid 15th century date (see PiP). On the 14th December 1914, four cruisers of the Imperial German Navy appeared off the headland and fired on the town from a range of a mile and an half (2.4 km), damaging the signal station, the coastguard cottages and the west front of the abbey itself. The Ministry of Works rebuilt it, using historic masonry, in the 1920's.

Perhaps better enlarged The south barbican consists of a central twin-towered gatehouse, originally approached across a drawbridge, flanked by curtain walls with rounded towers at either end. The barbican was built between 1277 and 1285. The gatehouse passage had a portcullis with a double-leaf wooden door behind. Some arrow slits remain - others were later widened into windows. in the 1570's the exterior of the gatehouse and its entrance passage were rebuilt. The carved masonry of the passage might be medieval material reused from Rievaulx Abbey. A craving of an imp on the right-hand side was perhaps placed there to ward off evil spirits. Originally the barbican towers were open at the back, but they were enclosed when the castle underwent major refurbishment during the late 13th to early 14th centuries. The defences were not dismantled following the Civil War siege of Helmsley in 1644, and were probably retained to form an impressive approach to the Elizabethan mansion within the inner bailey.

Perhaps better enlarged The south barbican consists of a central twin-towered gatehouse, originally approached across a drawbridge, flanked by curtain walls with rounded towers at either end. The barbican was built between 1277 and 1285. The 'Defender" is one of three bronze warrior figures located near the south barbican. They were created by the the late Malcolm Brocklesby.

Perhaps better enlarged The basement which was used for storage has a window in the southwest wall overlooking the wall and ditch. This window has seats, and there are peacocks and the de Ros emblem carved at either end of the window arch. These date from around 1300, when the castle was enlarged. This impressive window suggests that an accounting officer might have worked here, taking advantage of the natural daylight, when auditing goods as they came and went. In the ceiling of the basement can be seen the impression of hazel wicker shuttering, the framed used to support the plaster between the vault ribs.

The lavatorium,also anglicised as laver and lavatory, was the communal washing area located in the west cloister. The two large arched recesses, dating from the late 13th century with geometric tracery panelling on the rear wall, formed the laver. Canons were required to wash before meals; thus the laver was typically adjacent to the refectory. The laver had a piped water supply with taps that were probably set over a lead or pewter washing trough.

21st century North Yorkshire landscape viewed through a rather ornate late 12th century doorway. This doorway formed the entrance to the refectory from the cloister.

Constructed in 1806. By John Carr. The bridge has one pointed arch and two segmental arches divided by cutwaters forming refuges on the narrow road. Now grade II listed.

The actual word 'Saltire' means a cross with diagonal bars of equal length' and the national flag of Scotland is made up of a white saltire (aka St. Andrews' Cross) on a blue background. First hoisted in 1512, it's believed to be one of the oldest flags in the world still in use today.