The present-day church consists of the nave of the Norman abbey church, the 14th-century lady chapel & west wall, and a 16th-century west tower, added after the dissolution. The monastic buildings & those parts of the church east of the crossing were demolished at the Dissolution, & the Norman crossing tower & transepts collapsed in 1553. It is still an active parish church for the town. In the Late Middle Ages, Waltham was one of the largest church buildings in England & a major site of pilgrimage in 1540 it was the last religious community to be closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. To the east of the existing church are traces of an enormous eastward enlargement of the building, begun following the re-foundation of the abbey in 1177.
The present building dates mainly from the early 12th century & is an example of Norman architecture.
It has been a place of worship since the 7th century. The Abbey Church of Waltham Holy Cross and St Lawrence, also known as Waltham Abbey, is the parish church of the town of Waltham Abbey, Essex, England.
0 kommentar(er)
