Börringe Kloster was a Monastic Priory, then operated as a farm estate, but modern farming has changed the need to use many of the buildings. We are left with some beautiful buildings crafted in typical local materials. Today this huge estate seems to no longer be farmed using old farming methodology and consequently with less equipment and manpower needed, many of the beautiful old buildings appear largely unused
A collection of working ropes on an old tug barge in Nyhavn, Copenhagen, Denmark
This assembly of buildings clustered together is typical in colour and style of rural home and farm buildings right across Sweden. This one is at Norrboda, on the island of Öland off Sweden's east coast.
The garden surrounded thatched cottages at Alunbruket in Skåne, Sweden are a reminder of much simpler times.
The style of thatch capping typical of Skåne, Sweden over an ochre rendered timber frame house
The style of thatch capping typical of Skåne, Sweden over board and batten finished house
This old water mill is built in a manner distinctive to Skåne, using timber frame infilled with brick. The mill is built over the stream.
