Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire: the chapter house
Artist/Photographer | Smith, Edwin (1912-1971) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Lacock |
Subject Date | 1200 |
Image Date | 1959 |
View | Interior |
Style | Romanesque |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | ESP/ABB/243A (ES1210.5) |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Edwin Smith / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Vaulting ; Arches ; Country houses ; Abbeys |
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.
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