Waverley Abbey, Surrey: the remains of the chancel
Artist/Photographer | Smith, Edwin (1912-1971) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Waverley |
Subject Date | 1128 |
Image Date | 1959 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Romanesque |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | ESP/ABB/315 (ES5529) |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Edwin Smith / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Arches ; Ruins ; Abbeys |
NOTES: Waverley, founded in 1128 by William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester, was the first of Britain's Cistercian abbeys. It was dissolved in 1536 and left to fall into ruin.
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