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Sunday 9 April 2017

Buildwas Abbey Shropshire

Second stop of the day was the smaller Buildwas Abbey lying by the banks of the River Severn near Ironbridge. This was a Cistercian Abbey and has some lovely examples of the best of Medieval architecture and also tile making! Founded as the Abbey of St Mary and St Chad in 1135, the founding Monks from France were a reformed order who believed that a return to pure simplicity and primitive austerity was the way ahead. It didn't last of course but they managed a couple of hundred years before it all went downhill! 1536 marked the end. What another fantastic day we have enjoyed

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Buildwas Abbey (near Ironbridge, Shropshire, England) Photographed by Anthony J Sargeant on a sunny summer's day. This Fabulous site is maintained by English Heritage.

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Buildwas Abbey, Near Ironbridge, Shropshire, England

Buildwas Abbey, Near Ironbridge, Shropshire, England

Photographed by Anthony J Sargeant during a visit to the abbey on a fine summers day.

Maintained by English Heritage and open to the public it is a truly impressive building. The remains are of a Cistercian Abbey built in the 12th Century but destroyed during the dissolution of the monasteries during the reign of Henry VIII. It is a short drive away from the UNICEF designated ‘World Heritage…

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The 12th Century Buildwas Abbey in Shropshire, England Anthony J Sargeant took this photograph In Buildwas Abbey in 2010. Originally a Cistercian Monastery near the banks of the River Severn in Shropshire, England.

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The magnificent 12th Century Cistercian Abbey at Buildwas, near Ironbridge, Shropshire, England Photographed by Anthony J Sargeant on a sunny summer's day this magnificent 12th Century Cistercian abbey church is largely intact although roofless (it was closed and plundered by Henry VIII in the 16th Century Dissolution of the Monasteries).

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Buildwas Abbey near Ironbridge in Shropshire UK Fabulous ruins of Buildwas Abbey close to the Shropshire home of Anthony Sargeant photographed on a sunny summer's day.

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Buildwas Abbey, Shropshire, England. Another historic site I used to manage.

Buildwas Abbey is an impressive ruins of a Cistercian abbey, including its unusually unaltered 12th century church, beautiful vaulted and tile-floored chapter house, and beautiful crypt chapel. Situated in a wooded valley next to the River Severn.

The Cistercians were/are a Roman Catholic religious order of enclosed monks and nuns. They are sometimes also called the White Monks, in reference to the colour of the habit.

The abbey was founded in 1135 by Roger de Clinton, Bishop of Coventry (1129–1148) and closed in 1536 by the order of Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, whereupon the estate was granted to Edward Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Powis. It is open to the public and managed by English Heritage