Christchurch Priory, Dorset: the choir screen forming a division between the Great Choir and the nave
Artist/Photographer | Smith, Edwin (1912-1971) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Christchurch |
Subject Date | 1315 |
Image Date | 1958 |
View | Interior |
Style | Gothic |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | ESP/ABB/284 (ES4907) |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Edwin Smith / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Monasteries & convents ; Screens ; Churches ; Decorative stonework ; Vaulting |
NOTES: Construction on the Norman church began in 1094 and was completed c.1350. The Augustinian priory was dissolved in 1539 and the church was thereafter used a parish church.
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