Paintings and Prints of the East Anglian Coast
River Hundred Sluice The River Hundreds needs a little encouragement to get to sea at Kessingland. Yes it needs a pumping station to get it up and over the single bank otherwise it would flood and threaten the lower parts of the village. However the pumping station and sluice is also under threat from storm …
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The Street, Benacre It was whilst collecting the Sloes yesterday I spied this view. Yesterday time was tight and I did not have time to sit out and sketch so the Sloes came home to be drawn. Today I went back to complete this sketch.
Sloe Berries Although the hedges are no longer full of Sloes there are still a few to be found in the hedgerows of the lanes around Benacre. It had been a search for Hops but over the past few weeks these have finished flowering and the leaves are perishing. Now I am sure Sloe berries …
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Benacre Church Tucked away off the A12 down “The Street” Benacre, actually not too far away from Wood Farm barns which I sketched a few days ago.
Wood Farm Barn, Benacre A beautiful barn at the back of the Benacre Estate near Wrentham, Suffolk. The barn was built in 1840 when it was an agricultural building but it underwent refurbishment in 2002 and is now used for weddings and corporate events.