Guide to the Town And Neighbourhood of Abergavenny
Guide to the Town And Neighbourhood of Abergavenny
John White (Of Abergavenny.)
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It was built cruciform, and, though not on the grandest scale, was admirably proportioned. The length from the W. door is 202 feet, and breadth, including the two aisles, 60. The length of transept from W. to S. 100 feet. The whole building is in a sadly ruined state — ^the walls are gradually falling down. In the centre there rose a square massy tower, supported by bold pointed arches opening into the choir, nave, and transept. But the abbey is " a tale of the times of old ;*' and it is grievo...us to observe, that it is not to time aione that the ravages of the last fifty years are attributable. The engravings given by Sir R. G. Hoare, of Llanthony, in his edition of Gyraldus Cambrensis, give the best idea of any we are acquainted with of its remains within the present century, and since he drew them they have much decreased. Digitized by Google 64 OUIBS TO THE TOWN AlO) The fann-house attached to the ruin is inhabited by kind- hearted persons of the name of Webb ; and in their small parlour and spacious kitchen, parties who come to see the abbey are supplied with eggs, bacon, toasted cheese, tea, bread and butter^ &c.
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