Doors, Gates, & Other Liminal Spaces

Doors, gates, arches, walls, windows, bridges, fences, thresholds. Anything that divides one side from another, anything that invites a crossing. Open to all submissions,

[museum-of-artifacts]

This 14th century door at Exeter Cathedral, UK, is thought to be the oldest existing cat flap.

A cat was paid a penny each week, to keep down the rats and mice in the north tower, and a cat flap was cut into the door below the astronomical clock to allow the cat to carry out its duties.

Records of payments were entered in the Cathedral archives from 1305 to 1467, the penny a week being enough to buy food to supplement a heavy diet of rodents.

See More: https://artifactsmuseumhistory.blogspot.com

[irisharchaeology]

What lies beyond……… blocked doorway at Claregalway Friary, Ireland 

[allthingseurope]

Tintagel Castle, UK (by napolitl)

[homedesigning]

(via 50 Modern Front Door Designs)

[booksandchurches]

St Giles Parish Church, South Mymms, Hertfordshire

[mademoisellelapiquante]

Ceilings in British Cathedrals (Canterbury, Oxford, York and Edinburgh) - Sept. 2014 (my photos)

[doorsandgates]

Hail fellows, and well met! Thank you for visiting my humble blog, and apologies to those who have been following and lamented my absence. We've just completed another trans-atlantic move, which has put a crimp in my posting.

I made sure, dear readers, to take buckets of pictures from the V&A before I left that I hope to be sharing with you soon. Thanks again for sticking around, and remember that submissions are open if you find a door, window, or liminal space to share.

Pax.

[archatlas]

[archatlas]

John Galbo

[spanishspring-blog]

Medieval Door in Uberlingen, Germany

[helycharlotte]

By Valentina Kulagina

[glitter-and-guns-blog-blog]

[letmebev]

[joshua-desplaines]

St. Andrews Cathedral - Ruins of a Roman Catholic Cathedral - Fife Scotland

[wanderologie-]

Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia

[doorsandgates]

Interior door. Divinity School, Bodleian Library. Oxford.

Designed by Christopher Wren, the door is not original to the building and was added (seamlessly) later in order to allow graduating students to exit.

November 2014.

[doorsandgates]

Interior door. St Alban's Cathedral. St Alban's, Hertfordshire. June 2014.

[booksandchurches]

St Sepulchre Without Newgate, London