Dore Abbey

Daughter monasteries

Grace Dieu Abbey ( 1226 ) Vale Royal Abbey ( 1266 )

Dore Abbey ( Dora ) is a former Cistercian abbey in England. It lies in the county of Herefordshire near the village Abbey Dore, near the border between England and Wales.

History

The abbey was founded in 1147 by Lord Robert d' Ewyas. She was a daughter house of the Abbey Primary Mori moon and next to her daughter monasteries Vale Royal Abbey in Cheshire ( 1266 ) and Grace Dieu Abbey in Monmouthshire ( previously Gwent ) in Wales the only monastery from this filiation in the British Isles. In 1537 the monastery came to an end. The preservation of the church is due to the Scudamore family.

Plant and buildings

From around 1180 started and consecrated in 1280 Church of Hereford sandstone rectangular chancel with a deal in developed Gothic style ( Early English ) from the 13th century and the transept from the building time are obtained and used as a parish church. From the rest of the plant only a few walls have survived except the sacristy. The zehnjochige ship was canceled. The choir will be closed by an oak chancel screen. In the transept there is a gallery of musicians from the period around 1700. The tower in the angle between the transept and the choir was built from stones of the ship in 1633. 1633/1634 the church was restored. The exam was on the left side of the church; the chapter house was ( unusually ) built in the form of a regular dodecagon.