Buildwas Abbey
| Buildwas Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
| location |
 United Kingdom England Shropshire
 |
| Coordinates: | 52 ° 38 '7.4 " N , 2 ° 31' 43.2" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
257 |
| founding year | 1147 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1536 |
| Mother monastery | Savigny Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
Dunbrody Abbey |
Buildwas Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in England . Its ruin is near the village of Buildwas on the south bank of the River Severn in Shropshire , around 3 km west of Ironbridge and 10 km south of Telford .
history
The monastery was founded in 1135 by Roger de Clinton , the Bishop of Chester and settled by Furness Abbey . It belonged to the Congregation of Savigny , with which it joined the Cistercian order in 1147. Thus it came to the filiation of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . Around 1171 Dunbrody Abbey in Ireland was placed under Buildwas, as was Basingwerk Abbey in Wales. Around 1228 Kilbeggan Abbey in Ireland was also placed under Buildwas. In 1328, Buildwas was also subordinated to Whitland Abbey and its subsidiary Strata Marcella Abbey in Wales. The not very wealthy abbey received income from customs over the Severn. The location near the border with Wales led to repeated attacks from there, so in 1350 and 1406. In 1342 the abbot of the relatively insignificant monastery was murdered by a confrere. In 1536 Buildwas Abbey with the smaller abbeys was confiscated from the crown and bestowed on Edward Gray, Lord Powis . Abbot's house and infirmary were incorporated into a mansion for the Moseley family in the 17th century. Today the facility is largely subordinate to the Department of the Environment and is looked after by English Heritage .
Plant and buildings
The largely ruined Romanesque church was built between 1133 and 1200. It corresponds to the Bernardine plan with a small rectangular choir of two bays, a transept (22 m long) with two side chapels in the east and a three-aisled nave (length 52 m) with cylindrical columns with slightly pointed arched nave arcades of seven bays with windows in the upper aisle . In the west facade, which does not have a gate, there are two arched windows in the central nave, the east facade has three lancet windows . The walls of the crossing tower are largely preserved, as are those of the south transept. The enclosure was to the north (left) of the church. The chapter house with four pillars with leaf capitals and nine yokes and the sacristy have essentially survived from it. From Konversenbau are only remnants exist.
literature
- Anselme Dimier : L'Art cistercien. Hors de France. (= La nuit des temps. 34). Zodiaque, La-Pierre-qui-vire 1971, pp. 137–180, with numerous photos and floor plan.
- Anthony New: A guide to the Abbeys of England and Wales. Constable & Company, London 1985, ISBN 0-09-463520-X , pp. 87 f., With a plan.
