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Quarr Abbey. Photographs taken by Patrick Eden in 1982. In 1982 I wrote to the then abbot of Quarr Abbey, Dom Ailred Sillem, and asked if it
would be possible to come to the abbey and take some pictures of the order in work
and in prayer. I got a very nice letter back from Brother Denis Bradley saying yes
that would be fine. He was to be my guide while I was there.
Quarr Abbey (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame de Quarr) is a monastery between the villages of Binstead and Fishbourne on the Isle of Wight in southern England.
The Grade I listed monastic buildings and church, completed in 1912, are considered some of the most important twentieth-century religious structures in the United Kingdom; Sir Nikolaus Pevsner described the Abbey as "among the most daring and successful church buildings of the early 20th century in England"
Cistercian monastery
St. Mary's Abbey at Quarr was part of the Cistercian Order and was founded in 1132 by Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon, fourth Lord of the Isle of Wight. The founder was buried in the Abbey in 1155, and his remains, along with those of a royal princess, Cecily of York (died 1507), second daughter of King Edward IV of England and godmother of Henry VIII, still lie on the site of the mediaeval monastery, as do other important personages.
New abbey on site of Quarr Abbey House
One of the monks, Dom Paul Bellot, aged 31, was an architect. In April 1911, work began on the Abbey church which was quickly completed and consecrated on 12 October 1912. The World Monuments Fund identified Quarr Abbey as one of the 100 most endangered historic sites in the world.
Photographs taken with Olympus OM-2 cameras. 28mm f2, 50mm f1.4 and 135mm f2.8 lenses. Kodak Tri-X film.
would be possible to come to the abbey and take some pictures of the order in work
and in prayer. I got a very nice letter back from Brother Denis Bradley saying yes
that would be fine. He was to be my guide while I was there.
Quarr Abbey (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame de Quarr) is a monastery between the villages of Binstead and Fishbourne on the Isle of Wight in southern England.
The Grade I listed monastic buildings and church, completed in 1912, are considered some of the most important twentieth-century religious structures in the United Kingdom; Sir Nikolaus Pevsner described the Abbey as "among the most daring and successful church buildings of the early 20th century in England"
Cistercian monastery
St. Mary's Abbey at Quarr was part of the Cistercian Order and was founded in 1132 by Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon, fourth Lord of the Isle of Wight. The founder was buried in the Abbey in 1155, and his remains, along with those of a royal princess, Cecily of York (died 1507), second daughter of King Edward IV of England and godmother of Henry VIII, still lie on the site of the mediaeval monastery, as do other important personages.
New abbey on site of Quarr Abbey House
One of the monks, Dom Paul Bellot, aged 31, was an architect. In April 1911, work began on the Abbey church which was quickly completed and consecrated on 12 October 1912. The World Monuments Fund identified Quarr Abbey as one of the 100 most endangered historic sites in the world.
Photographs taken with Olympus OM-2 cameras. 28mm f2, 50mm f1.4 and 135mm f2.8 lenses. Kodak Tri-X film.
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- © Patrick Eden
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- Contained in galleries
- Quarr Abbey Book.
