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Downside School
Image: © Ronald John Saunders
Taken: Unknown
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Downside School
I am a former pupil!
Image: © Ronald John Saunders
Taken: Unknown
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Downside Abbey, Stratton on the Fosse (Somerset)
Image: © ChurchCrawler
Taken: 8 Mar 2005
0.10 miles
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Downside Abbey
Downside Abbey, Stratton-on-the-Fosse, founded by the Benedictine Community of St Gregory the Great.
Image: © Dr Duncan Pepper
Taken: 7 Mar 2008
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Direction Sign - Signpost on the A367 Fosseway, Stratton on the Fosse
Pyramid finial - 3 arms; Somerset SCC pyramid by the A367, in parish of Stratton on the Fosse (Mendip District), on the east side of the T junction of the A367 Fosseway and Green Lane.
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Milestone Society National ID: SO_ST6550B
Image: © Milestone Society
Taken: Unknown
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Downside Abbey
Downside Abbey and its associated school are a commanding presence on the surrounding area.
Image: © Dr Duncan Pepper
Taken: 7 Mar 2008
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Downside Abbey
Grade I listed. Listing number 1058633. Commenced 1873 and as yet unfinished (west front and two bays of nave are missing). Main building periods 1872-82, c.1890, 1901-5, 1911-12, c.1923-25, 1938. Architects in date order, A M Dunn and E J Hansom, Thomas Garner, F.A.Walters, Sir G.G.Scott
Image: © Andrew Abbott
Taken: 20 Sep 2015
0.12 miles
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Downside Abbey
Grade I listed. Listing number 1058633. Commenced 1873 and as yet unfinished (west front and two bays of nave are missing). Main building periods 1872-82, c.1890, 1901-5, 1911-12, c.1923-25, 1938. Architects in date order, A M Dunn and E J Hansom, Thomas Garner, F.A.Walters, Sir G.G.Scott
Image: © Andrew Abbott
Taken: 20 Sep 2015
0.12 miles
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Downside Abbey
Despite appearances, most of this abbey was built in the 20th century (see
Image] for full description). The remaining Benedictine monks who have been at Downside since 1814 plan to leave in March 2022.
Image: © Vieve Forward
Taken: 20 Jan 2022
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Downside Abbey
The Basilica of St Gregory the Great is the largest neo-Gothic church, not a cathedral, in England and home to the senior community of English Benedictines. The brothers came to Downside from Douai in northern France in 1814, as refugees from the Napoleonic regime, but most of what we see today was built in the 20th century. The cluster of eastern chapels and the transept were constructed between 1882 and 1890, the architects being Archibald Dunn and Edward Hansom. The quire was designed by Thomas Garner and completed in 1905; the tower beyond, placed over the south transept rather than the central crossing, was completed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1938. At 166 feet it is the tallest tower in Somerset after Wells Cathedral at 182 ft (Bath Abbey's tower is 162 ft). The great church is 74 feet high (Bath 75 ft, Exeter Cathedral 69 ft, Wells 73 ft) and 328 feet long at present (Bristol Cathedral 338 ft), but Scott's nave still awaits its final two western bays.
Image: © Tiger
Taken: 5 Jul 1993
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