Buildwas Abbey

Daughter monasteries

Dunbrody Abbey Basingwerk Abbey Kilbeggan Abbey Whitland Abbey Strata Marcella Abbey

Buildwas Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in England. His ruin is situated near the village Buildwas on the south bank of the River Severn in Shropshire, about 3 km west of Iron Bridge, and 10 kilometers south of Telford.

History

The monastery was founded in 1135 by Roger de Clinton, Bishop of Coventry and was settled by Furness Abbey. It belonged to the Congregation of Savigny, with the 1147 it joined the Cistercian order. Thus it came to the filiation of Clairvaux Abbey Primary. Against 1171 Dunbrody Abbey was assumed in Ireland Buildwas, as well Basingwerk Abbey in Wales. To 1228 also Kilbeggan Abbey was assumed in Ireland Buildwas. 1328 were also Whitland Abbey and its daughter monastery Strata Marcella Abbey in Wales assumed Buildwas. The not very wealthy abbey related income from the customs over the Severn. The location near the border with Wales stated to repeated attacks from there, so 1350 and 1406. 1342 the abbot of the monastery relatively insignificant was murdered by a fellow brother. In 1536 Buildwas Abbey was drafted with the smaller abbeys of the crown and awarded to Edward Grey, the Lord Powis. Abbot's house and infirmary were included in the 17th century in a mansion for the Moseley family. Today the plant for the most part is under the Department of the Environment and is managed by English Heritage.

Plant and buildings

The Romanesque church largely ruinous was built 1133-1200. It corresponds to the bernhardi American plan with a small rectangular choir to two yokes transept (22 m long ) with two side chapels in the east and three-aisled nave (length 52 m) with cylindrical columns with slightly pointed arched nave arcades to seven yokes with windows in the clerestory. In the west façade that has no goal, are located in the central nave, two round-arched windows, the east façade has three lancet windows on. The walls of the crossing tower are largely preserved, as well as that of the southern transept. The exam was in the north ( left) of the church. From it the chapter house with four pillars with foliated capitals and nine yokes and the sacristy are preserved essentially. From Konversenbau are only remnants exist.

Pictures of Buildwas Abbey

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