Dunster Priory, Somerset
Artist/Photographer | Smith, Edwin (1912-1971) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Dunster |
Subject Date | 1443 |
Image Date | 1959 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Gothic |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | ESP/ABB/214 (ES5576) |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Edwin Smith / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Belfries, bell towers ; Churches ; Monasteries & convents |
NOTES: The Benedictine priory was established in 1177 while the priory church, shared by the monks and the parishioners, was completed in 1443. The priory was dissolved in 1539 and fell into ruin. The church, also known as the Priory Church of St George, was restored in the 1875-1877 by George Edmund Street.
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