Recently we’ve had to spend some time at the hospital in the nearby town of St-Junien.

It’s a comparatively modern place, although it replaced an adjacent much older and smaller institution:

It’s on the outskirts of the town but is surrounded by old houses, some of which boast rather interesting – in a decrepit kind of way – doors:

and gates…:

Some are better looked after than others:

But for a demonstration of what it means to be houseproud, it’s tough to beat the lace curtains on this garage:

Thursday Doors 9 January 2020