An architectural handbook of Glastonbury Abbey : with a historical chronicle of the building / by Frederick Bligh Bond.

  • Frederick Bligh Bond
Date:
1920
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An architectural handbook of Glastonbury Abbey : with a historical chronicle of the building / by Frederick Bligh Bond. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A.D. BUILDER. WORKS EXTANT. 1374—1420 John Chinnock, Abbot. Rebuilt the Cloisters, and completed. the Chapter - house. Finished works left incomplete by Moning- ton, and erected the Dormitory and Fratry. 1420—1456 Nicholas Frome, Abbot. This Abbot probably built his Abbot’s Kitchen, but his predecessor had been credited with the work by some authorities. 1456— Walter More, Abbot. 1456—1493 John Selwood, Abbot. 1493—1524 Richard Bere, Abbot. 1524—1539 Richard Whiting, Abbot. }No building works in the Church recorded. Built the greater part of the Edgar Chapel, erected the vaulting beneath the central Tower, and probably added to the Tower itself, causing a partial collapse, which he remedied by inserting “ St. Andrew’s Arches ” under each Transept Arch, as at Wells. Excavated and built the Crypt under the Galilee and Chapel of St. Mary Added Flying buttresses to the East- end of the Choir. Built the Loretto Chapel after his journey to Italy. This Chapel has now been located on the North side of the Nave. Built a Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre at the South end of the Nave. Also the Almshouses and Chapel on North side of Church, the Manor House of Sharpham, and new apartments in the Monastery for priests and. for Royal Guests. Completed the Edgar Chapel. [In¬ cluding, probably, the apsidal extension and a small Sacristy afc the south-east corner, which are obviously both later additions.] Said to have greatly improved the Monastery. [The Abbot’s House, seen in Plate I, appears to have the character of a late piece of work and may have been erected by either of the last three Abbots.] 8l