Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Roche Abbey

Founded in 1147, Roche Abbey is the most complete Cistercian abbey floorplan in the UK. Preserved by the 1920s zeal for landscaping, its ruins got buried ready for the partial curtain wall re-erection.

the modern approach

gatehouse

used to lead to the gatekeeper's room

ok, enough atmospheric shots-the gatehouse




standing at the nave's entrance

formerly an interior tombstone


the former rood screen


the later, not-so-Cistercian sedilla cover

you can see the outline of the likely lovely sedilla

view from chancel

transept chapel



view from the cloisters

view down the dining hall

cloister day steps

the dormitory was built over the river

standing in the cloisters

timber

maaaasive fireplace

entrance to a still buried part

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing

Sowerby Rushbearing Cart

literal manpower

JD & Folk

this is a two day festival derived from the renewal of the rushes that made up the floors of the churches