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

Date:: 1900 - 1910

Location:: Malmesbury Abbey, Market Cross, Malmesbury, Wiltshire

Reference:: OP19876

Type:: Photograph (Printing Out Paper Print)

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Description

The present church was begun in the early twelfth century, with the exterior of the twelfth-century porch rebuilt in the fourteenth century. The Abbey was closed in 1539 under King Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries.

Archival History

Previously held in the collection of the Courtauld Institute. Courtauld Institute number B.445. This photograph was withdrawn from the Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-12 Red Box Project.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'.

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

People & Organisations

Photographer: Collins, Arthur H

Keywords

Moulding, Doorway, Porch, Medieval Abbey, Medieval Church