A cusped cinquefoil arch set within a blocked round-arched twelfth century doorway with an archivolt of relief palmettes, at the east end of the north elevation of the ruins of Malmesbury Abbey church

Date:
1885 - 1915
Location:
Malmesbury Abbey, Market Cross, Malmesbury, Wiltshire
Reference:
OP19863
Type:
Photograph (Developing Out Paper Print)
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Description

Malmesbury Abbey was a Benedictine Abbey. Its church was founded in circa 637 by the Irish hermit Mailduib and the monastery was founded in the late seventh century, although nothing remains from this phase of the site. The present church was begun in the early twelfth century. The church's crossing tower and spire fell during a storm in circa 1500 and destroyed much of the building, including most of the nave and the transept. The Abbey was closed in 1539 under King Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries.

Archival History

This photograph was withdrawn from the Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-12 Red Box Project.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/45 Early Photographic Print Collection: Wiltshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Arch, Doorway, Archivolt, Medieval Church, Medieval Benedictine Monastery, Medieval Abbey