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Key Image Tintern Abbey/Abaty Tyndyrn
NP16 6SE Chepstow (Tintern)
United Kingdom
Denomination: (in ruins)
Geogr. Coordinates: 51.69685° N, 2.67704° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1301
Architectural style: Gothic
Building type: Basilica
Description: Ruin of a three-aisled Gothic basilica
Name derivation: From its location in the village of Tintern
Windows
  • West window of seven lights in a two-three-two pattern with tracery dating from the late 13th cent.
History:
09/05/1131:   Foundation of the first Cistercian monastery in Wales by Walter fitz Richard of Clare
About 1140:   Completion of the first stone church, an aisle-less church with a length of about 52 m
1269:   Construction of the Gothic church started
15/04/1287:   First mass in the new church
05/08/1301:   Consecration of the Gothic church
About 1330:   Completion of the interior furnishing
03/09/1536:   Dissolution of the monastery and commencing decay
Late 18th cent.:   Early “Romantic” tourists flock to the “picturesque“ abbey ruin (including, among others, J. M. W. Turner in 1792 and William Wordsworth 1793)
1907:   First systematic survey of the abbey complex by Harold Brakspear
1928:   Completion of a 15-year period of conservation and reconstruction works
About 2000:   Major fresh round of conservation
Dimensions:
Length [m]:  72
Sources
Robinson, David M.: Tintern Abbey, Cadw, Cardiff 2011
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