HOMES & GARDENS
An ever changing array of
unusual artifacts
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ur adverts, over the last few years, have focused on our main products, Indian and Yorkstone paving, Walling stone, Caps and Copings, Statues and Ornaments, Aggregates and Rockery. All the usual items you need to construct gardens. We thought we would take this opportunity to introduce another section of our Company, an ever changing array of unusual artifacts in our Reclamation and Salvage area.
The Green Man This carving of “The Green Man” is thought to come from Warter Priory. Built in the late 17th or early 18th Century the possessions of the Priory were sold off in the 1960s and the beautiful gardens were bulldosed into the lake. We have a pair or the finials.
Lendal Tower The steps from this spiral staircase are from Lendal Tower on Lendal Bridge York. The tower was built around 1300 and was originally part of York’s defence system.
St Mary’s Abbey Some of the stone we have is very old indeed, in fact, we have stone from St Mary’s Abbey, built in 1055 by Stephen of Whitby and demolished by Henry VIII during the Reformation in 1533. The centre photo is of stone from York Minster and the Arch sections are thought to predate 1533. 8 • info@thehandymag.co.uk
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