A detail view of the outer doorway of the south porch of Malmesbury Abbey church, showing the elaborately-carved mouldings

Date:
1910 - 1939
Location:
Malmesbury Abbey, Market Cross, Malmesbury, Wiltshire
Reference:
OP19875
Type:
Photograph (Gelatine Print)
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Description

The exterior of the twelfth-century porch was rebuilt 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.

Archival History

Reverse of print is stamped with 'Cambria Series' and photographer WA Call's studio address in Monmouth.

Content

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

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Call, William Alfred Evan

Keywords

Moulding, Doorway, Porch, Medieval Abbey, Medieval Church