St Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire: the gatehouse
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Artist/Photographer | Smith, Edwin (1912-1971) |
Country | UK: England |
City | St Albans |
Subject Date | 1365 |
Image Date | 1959 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Medieval |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | ESP/CAT/473 (ES1257.1) |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Edwin Smith / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Schools ; Abbeys ; Conversion of buildings ; Gateways ; Monasteries & convents |
NOTES: This gatehouse was the only part of the Benedictine monastery buildings (besides the church, which became St Albans Cathedral in 1877) to survive the dissolution in 1539. It was later used as a prison and latterly forms part of St Albans School.
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