Stiffleaf's photos with the keyword: masons' yard

tombstone of joseph parker, 1802

gravestone of sarah holdway, 1729, husband robert, 1740,and grandson john 1741

on the post office building that used to be a masons' office, this looks like a copy of a wall painting from the church, revealed by a restoration then destroyed?

tombstone of jasper maidment, 1822, and wife sarah, 1818

gravestone of sarah holdway, 1729, husband robert, 1740,and grandson john 1741

cherubs blow the last trump on the tombstone of joseph parker, 1802

mason's joke. ...probably.

tombstone of hall grainger, 1779

mason's price list, set in stone.....

tombstone of james culley, 1817. all tombstones were painted once, these seem to have been used as advertising, maybe the customers didn't pay and this was also a way of naming and shaming them. . .

lloyds masons' yard in gt. bedwyn shut some time ago, was a lapidary museum for some time, then closed, but with the collection on show around the post office in the shop. the yard had a fountain which worked when you pushed the button, and all sorts of sculpture in good and bad taste from the last few centuries, there was even a big stone airoplane. now all that is left on show are those gravestones left on the facade, an empty yard, and rows of iron hooks to show where stuff once hung.

tombstone of mary catherine collett, 1704

tombstone of hall grainger, 1779; angel

c19 porch of the old mason's yard, the walls now almost bare of the sculpture and the gravestones that clothed them until recently. (see my old photos to see what's gone)