Incoming' in its previous lifeform was part of a large exterior gate to a courtyard and around 100 years old, although the house is much older. The fixings from the latch and bolt have been collaged into the foreground, and call back to when gate provided a place of safety for the owners. The wood is pine matchboard, most probably locally sourced (E.Mids) and planted around 1900-1910. The building itself was previously a shop, on a busy village street and so the gate will have witnessed comings and goings of deliveries, the family living in the house over time, the smithy next door, the village school opposite, and subsequent history over the past century or so.
