Westminster Abbey, London: the cloisters undergoing restoration
Coronavirus update: Our printing service continues to operate as usual, with framed and unframed prints available for delivery in normal timescales. We would like to reassure our customers that we are observing government advice on COVID-19 and adhering to all guidance and best practice.
| RIBApix ref no |
RIBA26810 |
| Artist/Photographer | Smith, Edwin (1912-1971)
|
| Country | UK: England |
| City | London |
| Subject Date | 1400 |
| Image Date | 1958 |
| View | Interior |
| Style | Gothic |
| Medium | Photoprint |
| Library Reference | ESP/ABB/433 (ES5135) |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| Colour / B&W |
Black and white |
| Credit |
Edwin Smith / RIBA Collections
|
| Notes |
NOTES:
A Benedictine abbey was established on this site in the 10th century and it has been the coronation church of English monarchs since 1066. Construction on the present church began in 1245. The Gothic nave was begun in 1376 under Abbot Nicholas Litlyngton (d. 1386), and completed by the master mason, Henry Yevele, in the 1390s. The four cloisters of the abbey were rebuilt between the 13th and 15th centuries after the Great Fire of 1298.
|
Subject tags
churches, restoration, abbeys, vaulting, cloisters