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Malmesbury, Abbey House, Wiltshire

Location
(51°35′4″N, 2°5′53″W)
Malmesbury, Abbey House
ST 933 873
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Wiltshire
now Wiltshire
medieval Old Sarum
now Bristol
  • Allan Brodie
12 October 1991, 1 May 2004

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Feature Sets
Description

Malmesbury Abbey House is a mid 16thc, half H-shaped house built on top of a late 13thc vaulted undercroft. Within the gardens there are various reused mid-12thc stones from the adjacent Benedictine abbey at Malmesbury, which is only 50 metres away.

Features

Loose Sculpture

Bibliography

N. Pevsner and B. Cherry, Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth 1975, 2nd edition, 321-7.

Report in National Monuments, Record 86404.

DCMS Listing Description.

Victoria County History: Wiltshire, vol. XIV, 133-4.