Showing posts with label shrewsbury. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shrewsbury. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Shrewsbury Abbey

an outbuilding



almshouses










original flooring






Founded as a Benedictine monastery in the 1000s, it lived for centuries as a major abbey and pilgrimmage site. In the 16th century, it was partially dismantled to control the wealth of the monks leaving just the nave with all this lovely stuff!

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Shrewsbury-Library and St. Chad

seriously, this is the library



built in the 18th century this is one of like five churches in England with a circular nave


Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Shrewsbury-St. Mary's

St. Mary's began to be built in the 12th century as a college chapel. Now it is redundant and under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust with loads of interesting stained glass displayed.