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Beeleigh Abbey: An incredible medieval house that's barely altered since Henry VIII's Dissolution of the monasteries
David Robinson looks at Beeleigh Abbey — the Essex home of Catherine and the late Christopher Foyle — an exceptional and little-known survival of the Premonstratensian canons, one of the less-familiar monastic and religious orders of medieval Britain. Photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life.
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How St Fagans Castle and its gardens were gifted to the nation of Wales to host a 'truly national folk collection'
Last week, David Robinson looked at the beautiful Elizabethan house at the heart of St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff. This week, he tells the story behind the important collection of historic Welsh buildings at St Fagans and its two striking medieval recent additions.
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The astonishing Elizabethan house that lies at the heart of St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff
An impressive Elizabethan house is at the heart of the Welsh national collections of history and archaeology at St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff, as David Robinson explains.
