Binham Priory, Norfolk: the nave seen from the baptismal font
Artist/Photographer | Smith, Edwin (1912-1971) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Binham |
Subject Date | 1250 |
Image Date | 1958 |
View | Interior |
Style | Romanesque |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | ESP/ABB/135 (ES4813) |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Edwin Smith / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Fonts ; Monasteries & convents ; Churches ; Arcades |
NOTES: Construction on the Benedictine priory began in c. 1104 but was not completed until c. 1250. The west facade was built between 1126 and 1244. The abbey was dissolved in 1539 and the surviving nave served as the parish church thereafter.
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