Sizergh Castle in Westmorland is one of those rather lovely country houses belonging to gentry rather than aristocracy, which in this case is the Strickland family. Perhaps for this very reason, much of the original fortified house survives. A wealthier, more fashionable family might have pulled down and rebuilt rather than made do with merely extending. Sizergh is the better for it.
Although Upper Clyde Parish Church in Lanarkshire, Scotland, looks quiet and rural (which certainly describes most of the 180 square miles of its parish) the building itself sits right next to the busy and noisy A74(M), which is to the left of the trees, the users of which may see the spire as they zoom past.
It is unusual to stand on a spot which was once occupied by a cathedral but is now entirely vacant. The old Norman cathedral at Sarum in Wiltshire was replaced by Salisbury in the 1200s and is now just a set of peculiar foundations and enigmatic shapes.
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Salem Chapel, Martin Top
near Rimington, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 4EG
Salem Congregational Chapel is a registered charity No. 252401 (England & Wales)
Sunday Worship 10.45am & 6.00pm