Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire: the south front of the converted abbey

NOTES: This abbey for Augustinian canonesses was founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury. It was dissolved in 1539 and sold to Sir William Sharrington who converted it into a family home.The three battlemented odd-sized oriel windows and tower were added in c. 1828 when the abbey was owned by William Henry Fox Talbot, the photographic pioneer.