Elswyth

From Elswyth, a collection tracing how centuries gather quietly within the same stone walls.

In Axminster, time does not sit in neat sequence – it layers itself across plaster, paint and carved wood. The chancel arch frames a space shaped by mediaeval devotion and later restoration, while fragments of wall paintings emerge like whispers from beneath centuries of limewash. Their looping patterns and faded pigments suggest a once richly adorned interior, only recently brought back into view. The carved pulpit, the hanging brass, the coloured glass at the east window – each belongs to a different moment, yet together they hold a continuity that stretches from the burial place of Cyneheard to the present day.

In Axminster, centuries gather – from the burial place of Cyneheard to the layered time of wall paintings newly brought back into light.

Words and images © Kate Coldrick – part of the Elswyth collection.