Roses and Castles is the colourful canal folk art that was used to decorate working narrowboats in the 19th century.

Its title is somewhat misleading; although both roses and castles feature in the designs, so too do a number of other flowers (sometimes real, sometimes imaginary), cottages, churches, rivers and lakes - anything in fact that could be part of a romantic landscape.

Roses and Castles covered virtually everything in or on the narrowboat – including the vessel itself. The drinking can, the horse’s harness, doors, fitted furniture, lamps, anything and everything was decorated with bright and cheerful chocolate-box designs.

This brand-new photogrammetry initiative has been made possible thanks to the generous support from players of People's Postcode Lottery.