The twelfth-century porch was rebuilt externally in the fourteenth century. Malmesbury Abbey was a Benedictine Abbey. Its church was founded in circa 637 by the Irish hermit Mailduib, although nothing remains from this phase of the site. The present church was begun in the early twelfth century. The Abbey was closed in 1539 under King Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries.
Previously held in the collections of George Granville Buckley and the Courtauld Institute. Courtauld Institute number B.444. This photograph was withdrawn from the Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-12 Red Box Project. The reverse of the card mount is stamped 'Not to be reproduced without permission' and 'From the collection of G Granville Buckley'.
This is part of the Series: RBO01/45 Early Photographic Print Collection: Wiltshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Collector: Buckley, George Granville
Porch, Doorway, Medieval Church, Medieval Abbey