Monasteries & convents

SOURCE: Bernhard Hertfelder. Basilica Sanctorum Udalrici et Afra (Augsburg, 1712), facing p. 14

SOURCE: Bernhard Hertfelder. Basilica Sanctorum Udalrici et Afra (Augsburg, 1712), facing p. 18

SOURCE: Bernhard Hertfelder. Basilica Sanctorum Udalrici et Afra (Augsburg, 1712), facing p. 28

SOURCE: Bernhard Hertfelder. Basilica Sanctorum Udalrici et Afra (Augsburg, 1712), facing p. 38

SOURCE: Bernhard Hertfelder. Basilica Sanctorum Udalrici et Afra (Augsburg, 1712), facing p. 40

SOURCE: Vues des chateaux royaux (Paris, n. d.), pl. 194

SOURCE: J. S. Prout. Antiquities of Chester (London, 1838?) NOTES: Construction on the original Benedictine monastery church was begun at the east end in Romanesque style in 1092 and was completed by the Lady Chapel in 1250. The church was rebuilt in Gothic style in 1260-1540. Spared desecration during the Dissolution, the church was elevated to the status of Cathedral in 1541. The church and monastic buildings were extensively, if controversially, restored by George Gilbert Scott in 1868-1876.

SOURCE: J. S. Prout. Antiquities of Chester (London, 1838?) NOTES: Construction on the original Benedictine monastery church was begun at the east end in Romanesque style in 1092 and was completed by the Lady Chapel in 1250. The church was rebuilt in Gothic style in 1260-1540. Spared desecration during the Dissolution, the church was elevated to the status of Cathedral in 1541. The church and monastic buildings were extensively, if controversially, restored by George Gilbert Scott in 1868-1876.

SOURCE: Jules Renouvier. Monumens de quelques anciens dioceses de Bas-Languedoc (Montpellier, 1840), Lodeve et Grandmont pl. VI

SOURCE: William Pearson. A Selection of antiquities in the county of Salop (London, 1824), pl. XXXII NOTES: This copy of the book is a new edition of the original volume, published in 1807. The etched views present in the first edition were reprinted without change.

SOURCE: Sir Walter Scott. The Border antiquities of England and Scotland (London, 1814), vol. 1, facing p. 43 NOTES: Lancercost Priory was begun around 1166 and completed in 1220. Following the dissilution of the monasteries some of the buildings were converted into private dwellings; the nave was restored to be used as a parish church around 1740 and the rest have remained a picturesque ruin.

NOTES: Formerly an Augustinian priory founded in around 1170, Newstead Abbey is perhaps best known as the former home of Lord Byron. Its late 13th century west church front can be seen on the upper left of Shaw's design. Thomas Wildman bought Newstead from Byron in 1818, employing Shaw to carry out alterations.