Dunkeswell

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Dunkeswell Abbey ( Dunkeswella ) is a former Cistercian abbey near the village of Dunkeswell and around 10 kilometers north- west of Honiton in Devon in England.

History

The monastery was founded in 1201 by William de Briwere ( William Brewer ), a royal servant, the daughter monastery of Forde Abbey and equipped with possessions in eastern Devon. It was thus one of the filiation of Citeaux. The founder himself stood in 1224, two years before his death, in the monastery. The son of the founder increased the facilities of the monastery. In the Valor Ecclesiasticus the annual income in 1535 was estimated at 294 pounds. Therefore, the abbey fell into disrepair until the second wave resolution in 1539 of resolution. The monastic estates was Lord Russell. The largest part of the plant was soon canceled. However, a portion of the building of the exam was probably still inhabited until the 19th century. 1841 and 1913 excavations took place.

Buildings and plant

The plant corresponded substantially to the bernhardi American plan with a cross-shaped, rectangular closed in the East Church in the north and south of the exam (right) from the church. Get 're a part of the gatehouse to the west and ruinous areas of the West building of the exam. The parish chapel built in 1842 on the initiative of the Simcoe family is in the area of the nave of the abbey church; to their construction material of the monastery was used, including a paving of the 13th century.