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Lacock, Wiltshire

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A great day exploring Lacock Abbey with the photography and art students - The home of photography and a number of Harry Potter scenes.

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Lacock Abbey

Lacock Abbey is located in the village of Lacock in Wiltshire, England. Lacock Abbey was officially founded in 1232 by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, and served as a nunnery for Augustinian canonesses. Ela was a powerful woman in the Middle Ages and served as Sheriff of Wiltshire and Lacock’s first abbess. When King Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church in 1533, the abbey was shut down in 1539. In 1540, William Sharington purchased the abbey and transformed it into a country house. He demolished the church and the lady chapel and built an octagonal tower. Queen Elizabeth I stayed at the abbey in 1574, knighting William’s brother. In 1714, John Ivory Talbot inherited the property. Talbot altered the architecture into a more gothic fashion, adding the Dining room, the grand hall, and the Gothic arch to the grounds. He even removed windows from the eastern rooms to make the section appear like a ruin. John’s son William Henry Fox Talbot inherited in 1800, but he was a baby, and with the estate in debt, it was leased until 1827. In 1827, William moved into the abbey with his mother and stepmother. William, a scientist and mathematician, invented the process of photography and captured the world’s first photographic negative in the South Gallery at Lacock Abby in 1835. The abbey boasts the octagonal Tudor turret room, Renaissance carvings by John Chapman, a gothic hall with terracotta statues, ogee canopies, and vaulted, medieval cloisters. The house was passed to the National Trust in 1944. Lacock Abbey is open to the public. The abbey houses the Fox Talbot Museum, the Stables Café, Lacock’s High Street Shop, a well-preserved Tudor brewhouse, a walled botanic garden, an apple orchard, an 18thcentury folly in the form of a ruined wall, and a manmade cascade. The museum is located in a former 16thcentury barn and explores photography’s history with a collection of early photographic experiments. Lacock Abbey is a well-known filming location. 

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Lacock Abbey

Lacock Abbey is a manor house built upon the grounds of a former convent. The building has been modified an extended throughout history and reflects an array of time periods. This is also where William Henry Fox Talbot (of the Fox Talbot museum) developed the first photo negative. However, a far more exciting fact is that the Abbey was used during the filming of Harry Potter! The scenes where Harry discovers the Mirror of Erised and when Harry hears the basilik after leaving dentention with Professor Lockhart were filmed here. Scenes of Fantastic beasts and where to find them have also been shot here -RoxyB. 

Unfortunately the abbey rooms were closed for conservation in the winter. But honestly the cloisters were more than impressive. Go have a gander. -TommyC. 

Cost:  Adults £12.80, Children £6.40, Family £32.00 (joint admission for the Abbey and Fox Talbot museum).

Opening hours: 11am - 4pm

Side note: The Abbey rooms are closed for conservation works during the winter. 

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Lacock grounds and abbey // October 2022

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“The Ladder” salt print of a calotype by Henry Fox Talbot 1844 & The Courtyard at #lacockabbey 2021 https://www.instagram.com/p/CUNyyv7gz6d/?utm_medium=tumblr