Bristol Cathedral was founded as St Augustine's Abbey in 1140 by Robert Fitzharding, a wealthy local landowner and royal official. As the name suggests, the monastic precinct housed Augustinian canons. The original abbey church, of which only fragments remain, was constructed between 1140 and 1148 in the Romanesque style, known in England as Norman. Further stone buildings were erected on the site between 1148 and 1164. Three fine examples of this phase survive, the chapterhouse and the abbey gatehouse.
Part of the exquisite restoration recently completed at Avebury Manor, Wiltshire, England. Funded by the BBC for a new four part series entitled To the Manor Reborn.
Lt Col. Leopold Jenner and his wife Nora completely transformed a disused room here shortly after the First World War.
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