sherborne abbey 1170

dorset churches


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milton abbey dorset

08 Nov 2012 136
the east end of the church of c.1320 shows the blocked side arches thet once led into side chapels, and the vault springers of the central lady chapel that extended to the east of them

milton abbey dorset

08 Nov 2012 119
north side of the chancel of c.1320, with scar of removed sacristy. tower early c15 and north transept of latest c15

milton abbey dorset

08 Nov 2012 147
west face of church with late c15 north transept and c14 crossing and south transept, porch by scott 1865

milton abbey dorset

08 Nov 2012 126
north side of the early c14 choir

milton abbey dorset

08 Nov 2012 125
remains of slype vaulting alongside the c15 north transept

milton abbey dorset

08 Nov 2012 132
figure at head of north transept window, late c15, resting head on arm.

milton abbey dorset

08 Nov 2012 142
north transept of the late c15 , with scar and springers of the fan vaulted slype along the base. where then was the cloister and dormitory?

milton abbey dorset

08 Nov 2012 123
chancel of c.1320, north transept of the late c15 , with scar and springers of the fan vaulted slype along the base. where then was the cloister and dormitory?

milton abbey house, dorset

08 Nov 2012 162
west front of the house built by chambers in 1771-4, with the n.w. corner of the church in the foreground

milton abbey dorset

08 Nov 2012 137
inside the abbots' hall of 1498 is an excellent screen and roof of that date .

milton abbey dorset

08 Nov 2012 151
porch of the abbots' hall of 1498, restored both in the c18 and the c19, but with abbot middleton's rebus and initials above the doorway with the royal arms. the parapet looks c18 and bears heraldry of that date.

milton abbey dorset

08 Nov 2012 156
the courtyard of the house built over the abbey retains the abbots' hall of 1498, though all of this was tidied up, largely by scott, in the late c19

milton abbas church, dorset

08 Nov 2012 116
church built for the new model village by wyatt in 1768, the inside victorianised when the chancel was added

winterborne whitechurch church, dorset

08 Nov 2012 114
c13 piscina

winterborne whitechurch church, dorset

08 Nov 2012 133
the unusual font bears shields with fish aand lions on them, it seems early c15 to me. there is a similar one at bradford abbas, and others of similar design but without the outer legs, though these appear to have been carved in one piece with the bowl, with a join half way down the leg, excepting later repair to one leg, so they are not add ons.

winterborne whitechurch church, dorset

08 Nov 2012 121
the unusual font bears shields with fish and lions on them, it seems early c15 to me. there is a similar one at bradford abbas, and others of similar design but without the outer legs, though these appear to have been carved in one piece with the bowl, with a join half way down the leg, excepting later repair to one leg, so they are not add ons.

winterborne whitechurch church, dorset

08 Nov 2012 137
the unusual font bears shields with fish aand lions on them, it seems early c15 to me. there is a similar one at bradford abbas, and others of similar design but without the outer legs, though these appear to have been carved in one piece with the bowl, with a join half way down the leg, excepting later repair to one leg, so they are not add ons.

winterborne whitechurch church, dorset

08 Nov 2012 114
some of these late c14 capitals on the rebuilt crossing under the c13 tower look like green men, some more akin to angels

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