Pershore Priory, Worcestershire: the nave vault

NOTES: This Benedictine abbey church was built in 1090-1130. The ploughshare lierne vaulting and the tower were rebuilt in the Decorated Gothic style in 1290 after a fire. The abbey was dissolved in 1539 and thereafter used as a parish church. The extant church represents only a small part of the original building since it underwent many alterations, including a restoration by George Gilbert Scott in 1852. Only the south transept and tower piers survive from the Norman period.