All Saints’ Church, Burton Dassett is a Grade I listed Warwickshire church of 12th-century origin, rising up its hillside with a holy well close by.
St John the Baptist’s Church, Hope Bagot: A Norman Survival
St John the Baptist’s Church, Hope Bagot is a Grade I listed, largely Norman Shropshire church, with an ancient yew and a holy well venerated for centuries.
Budhanilkantha: The Sleeping Stone of the Kathmandu Valley
A Scandinavian architect reads Budhanilkantha, Nepal — the sacred temple of a sleeping god, the blue-throated myth of Shiva, and stone at rest in water.
Chalice Well: The Red Spring of Glastonbury, England
Chalice Well, the Red Spring near Glastonbury Tor, with its Vesica Piscis wellhead, terraced gardens, iron-red waters, and Holy Grail and Arthurian legend.
Tilicho Lake: A High Still Water in the Annapurnas
Tilicho Lake, a glacial lake at 4,919 m in Nepal’s Annapurna range, read through a Nordic architect’s eye: cold, light, altitude, and the Ramayana’s water.
The Holy Well, Malvern: A Spring House on the Hills
The Holy Well at Malvern Wells: a Grade II spring house on the Malvern Hills, home of the world’s oldest bottling plant, well dressing and votive folklore.