3867 x 2848 px | 32,7 x 24,1 cm | 12,9 x 9,5 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
6 juin 2010
Lieu:
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
Informations supplémentaires:
The origins of Tewkesbury Abbey are confused, but what is known is that it was founded - or possibly re-founded - as a house of Benedictine monks in 1102 by monks from Cranborne Abbey, which thereafter became a cell of Tewkesbury. The house beneited from a succession of noble patrons and became very wealthy – it was the last monastery in Gloucestershire to be dissolved, surviving until 9th January 1540. Fortunately, the townspeople of Tewkesbury were able to claim part of the church as their parish church, and were, in the event, able to raise the money to save virtually the entire building, only the Lady Chapel being destroyed. The domestic buildings, by contrast, were destroyed with almost equal completeness; aside from some utilitarian buildings, only one of the gatehouses, now in the care of the care of the Landmark Trust, and the Abbot's Lodging survive. This was sold and remained in private ownership until 1883, when it was purchase for use as the vicarage. The property included a garden over the site of the cloisters – the opportunity was therefore taken in 1892 to restore the blocked processional door from the south aisle which had led into the north east corner of the cloisters, and in 1898-99 the same architect, Thomas Collins, rebuilt that corner of the cloister. The remaining parts of the original structure attached to the walls of the church are very similar in style to the magnificent cloisters at nearby Gloucester Cathedral, and Collins copied the same style in the fan vaulting. Plans to rebuild more of the north walk of the cloister came to nothing, however.
