Why take pictures of doors that aren’t used anymore? I cannot give you a straight answer, so instead read a rather rambling account where I admit to be a frustrated urbexer and discuss the symbolism of doors and how they are signifiers of both decay and evolution.

Chipping-Camden sits below Dover’s Hill, named for Robert Dover inventor of the Cotswolds Olympick games, older than the modern games. The honey-coloured village is also home to many unused doors.

Unused doors of St Julien Deuxièmes Grands Crus Classés Château Léoville Barton and features doors blocked when they converted their stable block to a modern winery, then a few from Saint-Émilion and any others I happened upon.

Ledbury is an old market town in Hertfordshire that was recorded i n Doomesday Book and featured some impressive Tudor timber-framed buildings including its stunning Market Hall in the middle of its high street.

Malmesbury was the seat of King Æthelstan, grandson of Alfred the Great and considered the first King of England from 927 to 939AD by modern historians after conquering the last Viking kingdom of York. Here are its doors.

Cheltenham is called the gateway to the Cotswolds, sat on its edge in the shadow of its tallest hill, with elegant townhouses hewn from beautiful Cotswold stone and plenty of unused doors.

Cirencester is an old town. It was first mentioned by Ptolemy in 150 AD, known by its Roman name Corinium. Before that is was likely a Celtic settlement called Cerin and home to the Dobunni tribe of Celts.

St. Mary’s Church in Deerhurst, Gloucestershire has a long and fascinating history. It is one of the most complete churches to survive the Norman conquest.