Heidi The History Mouse
@thehistorymouse.bsky.social
A mainly medieval mouse with a passion for history and architecture.
Historia, Caseus, Somnum!
Historia, Caseus, Somnum!
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Mouse's #RiverAxeTopThree #Somerset. So which of the sixteen churches would Mouse recommend visiting? In at number one: #StJohnAxbridge. Church and town make a fine day out. More Perpy perfection. Crossing and vaulting are wonderful, but add ceilings, roof timbers and monuments
The sacristy of Cleeve Abbey, Somerset. Part of the #CleeveAbbeyLongWeekend. Piscina. If you've ever wondered where these drain to, zoom in. And while you're there enjoy the 700 year old painted decoration #FictiveMasonry #CleeveAbbey #Somerset #CleeveAbbeySacristy part III
November 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The sacristy of Cleeve Abbey, Somerset. Part of the #CleeveAbbeyLongWeekend. Piscina. If you've ever wondered where these drain to, zoom in. And while you're there enjoy the 700 year old painted decoration #FictiveMasonry #CleeveAbbey #Somerset #CleeveAbbeySacristy part III
The sacristy of Cleeve Abbey, Somerset. Part of the #CleeveAbbeyLongWeekend. Seen through saddle and stanchion bars. Aumbry and above 700 year old white painted plaster decorated with #FictiveMasonry #CleeveAbbey #Somerset #CleeveAbbeySacristy part II
November 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The sacristy of Cleeve Abbey, Somerset. Part of the #CleeveAbbeyLongWeekend. Seen through saddle and stanchion bars. Aumbry and above 700 year old white painted plaster decorated with #FictiveMasonry #CleeveAbbey #Somerset #CleeveAbbeySacristy part II
The sacristy of Cleeve Abbey, Somerset. Part of the #CleeveAbbeyLongWeekend. This modern window may sit in the original C13 window surround. It would have held a tracery roundel. It's unusual. Mouse not seen one like this before #CleeveAbbey #Somerset #CleeveAbbeySacristy part I
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The sacristy of Cleeve Abbey, Somerset. Part of the #CleeveAbbeyLongWeekend. This modern window may sit in the original C13 window surround. It would have held a tracery roundel. It's unusual. Mouse not seen one like this before #CleeveAbbey #Somerset #CleeveAbbeySacristy part I
Normally on a Saturday, Mouse would be saying farewell and moving on, but in a total break with tradition Mouse is staying put. There is so much to see at #CleeeveAbbey #Somerset it's worth an extra couple of days #CleeveAbbeyLongWeekend
November 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Normally on a Saturday, Mouse would be saying farewell and moving on, but in a total break with tradition Mouse is staying put. There is so much to see at #CleeeveAbbey #Somerset it's worth an extra couple of days #CleeveAbbeyLongWeekend
It's late, but it's never too late for Mouse's #FridaysBitsAndPieces from #CleeveAbbey #Somerset. The bits and pieces Mouse didn't get to share in the week: The panel widows of the fratery with cusped #Ogee lights, bar tracery and quatrefoil piercings. Absolute #PerpyPerfection
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
It's late, but it's never too late for Mouse's #FridaysBitsAndPieces from #CleeveAbbey #Somerset. The bits and pieces Mouse didn't get to share in the week: The panel widows of the fratery with cusped #Ogee lights, bar tracery and quatrefoil piercings. Absolute #PerpyPerfection
It's late, but it's never too late for Mouse's #FridaysBitsAndPieces from #CleeveAbbey #Somerset. The bits and pieces Mouse didn't get to share in the week: Carved wall plate, bosses, corbels and angels with perfect Perpy tracery as a bonus. Yes. It is very, very fine work indeed
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It's late, but it's never too late for Mouse's #FridaysBitsAndPieces from #CleeveAbbey #Somerset. The bits and pieces Mouse didn't get to share in the week: Carved wall plate, bosses, corbels and angels with perfect Perpy tracery as a bonus. Yes. It is very, very fine work indeed
It's late, but it's never too late for Mouse's #FridaysBitsAndPieces from #CleeveAbbey #Somerset. The bits and pieces Mouse didn't get to share in the week: Wonderful C15 roof timbers with angels resting on corbels. This was once a wagon roof with plastered panels on laths
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
It's late, but it's never too late for Mouse's #FridaysBitsAndPieces from #CleeveAbbey #Somerset. The bits and pieces Mouse didn't get to share in the week: Wonderful C15 roof timbers with angels resting on corbels. This was once a wagon roof with plastered panels on laths
It's late, but it's never too late for Mouse's #FridaysBitsAndPieces from #CleeveAbbey #Somerset. The bits and pieces Mouse didn't get to share in the week: Graffiti on the C15 plaster of the fratery lobby. Daisy wheel and curiously thumb less hand (zoom in) #HistoricGraffiti
November 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It's late, but it's never too late for Mouse's #FridaysBitsAndPieces from #CleeveAbbey #Somerset. The bits and pieces Mouse didn't get to share in the week: Graffiti on the C15 plaster of the fratery lobby. Daisy wheel and curiously thumb less hand (zoom in) #HistoricGraffiti
A peek into the corrodian's rooms of #CleeveAbbey #Somerset located under the fine fratery. These spaces were once sumptuously decorated #CorrodiansRoomsCleeveAbbey #AdoorableThursday
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A peek into the corrodian's rooms of #CleeveAbbey #Somerset located under the fine fratery. These spaces were once sumptuously decorated #CorrodiansRoomsCleeveAbbey #AdoorableThursday
The venerable doors to the #DormitoryCleeveAbbey. The day entrance from the cloister. Do Mouse's eyes deceive her? Is that a medieval cat flap for the Abbey kitty? #CleeveAbbey #Somerset #AdoorableThursday
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The venerable doors to the #DormitoryCleeveAbbey. The day entrance from the cloister. Do Mouse's eyes deceive her? Is that a medieval cat flap for the Abbey kitty? #CleeveAbbey #Somerset #AdoorableThursday
Double chamfered pointed arch from the chapter house to the garth, flanked by decorated period windows although these were never glazed #CleeveAbbey #Somerset #DoorwayThursday
November 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Double chamfered pointed arch from the chapter house to the garth, flanked by decorated period windows although these were never glazed #CleeveAbbey #Somerset #DoorwayThursday
The amazing fratery of #CleeveAbbey #Somerset through the richly moulded 4-centred arch from the lobby #DoorwayThursday
November 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The amazing fratery of #CleeveAbbey #Somerset through the richly moulded 4-centred arch from the lobby #DoorwayThursday
The monks dormitory #CleeveAbbey #Somerset
Pointed single light and window seat. Evidence of horizontal window bars remains #WindowsOnWednesday #DormitoryCleeveAbbey
Pointed single light and window seat. Evidence of horizontal window bars remains #WindowsOnWednesday #DormitoryCleeveAbbey
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The monks dormitory #CleeveAbbey #Somerset
Pointed single light and window seat. Evidence of horizontal window bars remains #WindowsOnWednesday #DormitoryCleeveAbbey
Pointed single light and window seat. Evidence of horizontal window bars remains #WindowsOnWednesday #DormitoryCleeveAbbey
The monks dormitory #CleeveAbbey #Somerset
Pointed single lights, dating to the original C13 construction, each with its own window seat. Perhaps one window per monk #WindowsOnWednesday #DormitoryCleeveAbbey
Pointed single lights, dating to the original C13 construction, each with its own window seat. Perhaps one window per monk #WindowsOnWednesday #DormitoryCleeveAbbey
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The monks dormitory #CleeveAbbey #Somerset
Pointed single lights, dating to the original C13 construction, each with its own window seat. Perhaps one window per monk #WindowsOnWednesday #DormitoryCleeveAbbey
Pointed single lights, dating to the original C13 construction, each with its own window seat. Perhaps one window per monk #WindowsOnWednesday #DormitoryCleeveAbbey
The Abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #Woodensday
Restored, if not rebuilt, but showing the wyndebeams that, although decorative, provide structural rigidity
Restored, if not rebuilt, but showing the wyndebeams that, although decorative, provide structural rigidity
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The Abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #Woodensday
Restored, if not rebuilt, but showing the wyndebeams that, although decorative, provide structural rigidity
Restored, if not rebuilt, but showing the wyndebeams that, although decorative, provide structural rigidity
#StudiesInLightAndStone Part VI
The changing face of the abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #WallsOnWenesday
The changing face of the abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #WallsOnWenesday
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
#StudiesInLightAndStone Part VI
The changing face of the abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #WallsOnWenesday
The changing face of the abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #WallsOnWenesday
#StudiesInLightAndStone Part V
The changing face of the abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #WallsOnWenesday
The changing face of the abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #WallsOnWenesday
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
#StudiesInLightAndStone Part V
The changing face of the abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #WallsOnWenesday
The changing face of the abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #WallsOnWenesday
#StudiesInLightAndStone Part IV
The changing face of the abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #WallsOnWenesday
The changing face of the abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #WallsOnWenesday
November 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
#StudiesInLightAndStone Part IV
The changing face of the abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #WallsOnWenesday
The changing face of the abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #WallsOnWenesday
#StudiesInLightAndStone Part III
The changing face of the abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #WallsOnWenesday
The changing face of the abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #WallsOnWenesday
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
#StudiesInLightAndStone Part III
The changing face of the abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #WallsOnWenesday
The changing face of the abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #WallsOnWenesday
#StudiesInLightAndStone Part II
The changing face of the abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #WallsOnWenesday
The changing face of the abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #WallsOnWenesday
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
#StudiesInLightAndStone Part II
The changing face of the abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #WallsOnWenesday
The changing face of the abbey gatehouse #CleeveAbbey #Somerset for #WallsOnWenesday
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The sacristy #CleeveAbbey #Somerset
Although Cleeve Abbey was a Cistercian religious house, the sacristy at least was finely decorated. Fragments of good encaustic tiles are still visible, 700 or more years since they were first laid down #CleeveAbbeySacristy #TilesOnTuesday
Although Cleeve Abbey was a Cistercian religious house, the sacristy at least was finely decorated. Fragments of good encaustic tiles are still visible, 700 or more years since they were first laid down #CleeveAbbeySacristy #TilesOnTuesday
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The sacristy #CleeveAbbey #Somerset
Although Cleeve Abbey was a Cistercian religious house, the sacristy at least was finely decorated. Fragments of good encaustic tiles are still visible, 700 or more years since they were first laid down #CleeveAbbeySacristy #TilesOnTuesday
Although Cleeve Abbey was a Cistercian religious house, the sacristy at least was finely decorated. Fragments of good encaustic tiles are still visible, 700 or more years since they were first laid down #CleeveAbbeySacristy #TilesOnTuesday
The sacristy #CleeveAbbey #Somerset
The sacristy was originally accessed from the south end of the south transept. A sacristy is used to store and care for eucharistic items, vestments and texts. In a church the sacrestan is responsible for these items #CleeveAbbeySacristy
The sacristy was originally accessed from the south end of the south transept. A sacristy is used to store and care for eucharistic items, vestments and texts. In a church the sacrestan is responsible for these items #CleeveAbbeySacristy
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The sacristy #CleeveAbbey #Somerset
The sacristy was originally accessed from the south end of the south transept. A sacristy is used to store and care for eucharistic items, vestments and texts. In a church the sacrestan is responsible for these items #CleeveAbbeySacristy
The sacristy was originally accessed from the south end of the south transept. A sacristy is used to store and care for eucharistic items, vestments and texts. In a church the sacrestan is responsible for these items #CleeveAbbeySacristy
Some for #TinyWindowTuesday. Barred, shuttered and unglazed, not just Mouse's accountants but the way medieval windows often were when glass was at a premium #CleeveAbbey #CorrodiansRoomsCleeveAbbey #Somerset
(Corrodian: elderly layperson paying for board and lodgings)
(Corrodian: elderly layperson paying for board and lodgings)
November 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Some for #TinyWindowTuesday. Barred, shuttered and unglazed, not just Mouse's accountants but the way medieval windows often were when glass was at a premium #CleeveAbbey #CorrodiansRoomsCleeveAbbey #Somerset
(Corrodian: elderly layperson paying for board and lodgings)
(Corrodian: elderly layperson paying for board and lodgings)
Medieval tiles mortared into the window seats of the #DormitoryCleeveAbbey. These are not in situ (although some may have been) but added later for decoration #TilesOnTuesday
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Medieval tiles mortared into the window seats of the #DormitoryCleeveAbbey. These are not in situ (although some may have been) but added later for decoration #TilesOnTuesday