Gateway adjoining Capella Extra Portas, Furness Abbey

  • Description

    "Capella extra portas roughly translates as “chapel outside the gate”. It is a late-twelfth century ruined chapel situated outside the abbey precinct and was used by dependents of the monastery and others who did not normally worship in the abbey church. It is adjoining the gothic carriage arch which spanned Abbey Approach and formed the gateway to the abbey precinct. This was a post-Reformation (16th century) construction on the site of the original abbey outer gate which was presumably destroyed following the dissolution of the abbey in 1537. Both the chapel and the arch are Grade I listed buildings: Chapel (https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1292871 Historic England List Entry Number: 1292871). Archway (https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1197907 Historic England List Entry Number: 1197907)." Photo by David Dixon, 2020.
  • Owner

    David Dixon
  • Source

    Geograph (Geograph)
  • License

    What does this mean? Creative Commons License
  • Further information

    Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6588914
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 2 years, 3 months ago
    Viewed: 236 times
    Picture Taken: 2020-08-26
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