Abbeys

NOTES: Reproductions of a set of ÔÇÿLecture DiagramsÔÇÖ published with the tenth edition of Banister Fletcher's 'A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method' (1938), revised and corrected for the 11th edition (1943) onwards. They were used for block-making because the original blocks were destroyed at the printers in 1942. The indicated revisions likely principally date from the first post-war edition (13th edition, 1946). Various references suggest this set of Lecture Diagrams came from Sir Banister Flight Fletcher's office and were re-used until the 18th edition (1975).

NOTES: Work began on this Benedictine abbey in 1120-1140 with the choir, the transepts, a Lady Chapel at the east end and first three bays of the nave, a fourth being added in 1150-1180. The last three arches, in the Early English style, at the west end of the nave were added in 1230-1240. The abbey was dissolved in 1539, the Lady Chapel demolished, and its nuns dispersed. The north aisle and transept had been used as a parish church until the Dissolution and the church was bought back by the townspeople in 1544 and thereafter used as a parish church.

NOTES: Much of the painted decoration in the nave is 19th century.