2021
ST6316 : Sherborne - Abbey Church of St Mary
taken 2 years ago, near to Sherborne, Dorset, England
Sherborne - Abbey Church of St Mary
This magnificent church originally belonged to the Benedictine Abbey of Sherborne founded in 933 but even this was built on a former Saxon cathedral established in the mid C8th. Some Saxon fragments remain, notably the west wall below the clerestory and foundations of the Saxon tower and transepts facing west.
Much of the church dates from the C12th, but its most remarkable feature is its fan-vaulting from the late C15th.
See EH Grade I listing for more information:
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