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Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk: the nave, formerly the south aisle of the abbey, looking towards the reredos by Sir Ninian Comper

RIBA Ref No RIBA6818
Architect/DesignerComper, Sir John Ninian (1864-1960)
Artist/PhotographerSmith, Edwin (1912-1971)
CountryUK: England
CityWymondham
Subject Date1125
Image Date1959
ViewInterior
StyleRomanesque
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceESP/CHU/588 (ES5328)
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditEdwin Smith / RIBA Collections
SubjectScreens ; Churches ; War memorials ; Arcades ; Church fittings
NOTES: This, the former monastery church of the Benedictine abbey of Wymondham (originally a priory and raised to the status of abbey in 1448), was completed c. 1130. The abbey was dissolved in 1538 and the bell tower and the whole of the eastern part of the church, together with the monastic buildings, fell into ruin. The south aisle was recovered towards the end of the 16th century and thereafter served as the parish church, dedicated to St Mary and St Thomas of Canterbury. The Perpendicular angel roof and clerestory were added in the 15th century. The reredos by Sir Ninian Comper was dedicated in 1921 as a war memorial.
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