Wimborne Minster, Dorset
Country | UK: England |
City | Wimborne |
Subject Date | 1180 |
Image Date | 1870 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Medieval |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | 20822 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Towers ; Churches ; Monasteries & convents ; Restoration ; Stone |
NOTES: Part of the former monastery and Benedictine nunnery on this site dating from Saxon times, this church is essentially Norman, built between 1120 and 1180. It is built in a combination of Dorset limestone and New Forest stone. It was extensively restored in 1885-1887.
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