Manor window

It was good to have M back at work with J; it meant I could settle in my little upstairs office/sewing room and work through at least some of the admin which has been piling up waiting for a quiet moment - house insurance, banking, sending proof of our car's disability related adaptations to Eurotunnel for the booking which may well not be used (a new requirement - in the past, we just told them when we booked), and a rather time-consuming mortgage reference form for M. After lunch I took the camera for a walk round the village. The light was not good, misty and overcast, but I took lots of window photos; there's a huge variety of vernacular architecture, and I've always loved looking at architectural details, especially windows, which I've been photographing, on and off, for about forty years, without ever doing much with the resulting collection of photos. This is a small window, perhaps a basement, in the side wall of the manor house, looking out on a narrow lane. The decanters on the window sill, if you can see them, give some impression of the size. The present house dates from 1387, and was built on the site of an older house. It's a beautiful, timbered building, and is wonderfully well looked after. 

I chose a black and white shot for Mono Monday, but haven't managed to find a creative link to this week's challenge.