"ancient charm" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use this phrase to refer to a timeless quality or to express a sense of admiration for something that is old. For example, "The grandfather clock in the hallway was full of ancient charm."
Then there's the wren's feather that the unlucky sailor keeps in his mobile phone: an ancient charm against shipwreck encased in a modern amulet – even when the latter is ruined by water, it is still superstitiously retained.
Small, but perfectly preserved, Alghero is wealthy enough to have retained its ancient charm and Sardinian flavour without resorting to the over-development of the island's better-known beach destination, the Costa Smeralda.
Time travel through the hoop of an ancient charm, a believable bickering family - the first in the genre - and an intoxicating sense of the world being laid open to the limits of imagination.
Despite the pressure of urban population growth, many Bulgarian towns preserve their ancient charm and are rich in cultural monuments; located as they are in remote areas, they offer a slower pace of life than can be found in the cities.
Creating one-off pieces or very limited editions rich with ancient charm, Corbelin at times begins with the design then finds the materials to fit, at other times draws inspiration from the gemstones themselves before designing.
Folklorists have also identified, embedded among the nonsense words and topical allusions, relics of ancient charms, Latin liturgy, or secret passwords of the Freemasons.
Emilia and Luka, who have escaped, must collect together a set of symbolic ancient charms, thereby reuniting the dispersed Gypsy clan and saving their family from the gallows.
Next year, organiser Eric Snell – himself an internationally recognised artist – hopes to bring Cornelia Parker to work on the tightly woven and ancient charms of Sark.
And pieces that have buckled because they sit atop ancient roots add charm to busy East 233rd Street (though be careful not to trip).
The dingy interior – deplored by some, regarded as part of its ancient mystery and charm by others – is being transformed into something gleamingly bright and ethereal.
In Instagram years, the video is ancient, but its charm and ambient pathos feel definitive, as if it were from any day in the last few years at Chez Spears, which since 2017 has been a sprawling Italianate mansion in Thousand Oaks, California.
