Shot inside the National Trust village of Lacock, Wiltshire, England. No property in the centre of the village is more recent than the 18th century and many are medieval.
Inner Spirit Exhibition at Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, England. <br />
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An exhibition by Derek Kinzett of wire sculpture in the grounds of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, England. Five frames Tone Mapped and converted with a Selenium Tone.
The Cloisters at Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, England.<br />
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Lacock Abbey, dedicated to St Mary and St Bernard, was founded in 1229 by the widowed Lady Ela the Countess of Salisbury, who laid the abbey's first stone 16 April 1232, in the reign of King Henry III, and to which she retired in 1238.[1] Her late husband had been William Longespee, an illegitimate son of King Henry II. The abbey was founded in Snail's Meadow, near the village of Lacock
A cruck or crook frame is a curved timber, one of a pair, which supports the roof of a building, used particularly in England. This type of timber framing consists of long, generally bent, timber beams that lean inwards and form the ridge of the roof. These posts are then generally secured by a horizontal beam which then forms an 'A' shape. Crucks were chiefly in use in the medieval period for structures such as large tithe barns.
All the character and atmosphere of medieval England are packed into Lacock's streets.The village is entirely owned by the National Trust and is a happy jumble of styles - no building is later than the 18th century and many date from two or three centuries earlier.
