This door at Pickworth church, Lincolnshire, was put in place in the early 1300s, and has remained there ever since, opening and closing as successive generations of villagers have entered and departed the church. It bears the marks of centuries of nails and tacks where priests and parish clerks have fixed notices to its thick oak planks. The "C" shaped hinges and the decorative iron lobes and tendrils are rusted, with parts missing, but they still hold it together as they did on the day it was first made 700 years ago. The graffiti is from the nearby porch wall. I wonder if it will last as long as the door! The oldest I could find is from 1614.
Tony
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Tony
For more info: http://photoreflect.blogspot.com/2008/05/made-to-last.html