This decoration makes this building an exceptional testimony to medieval tradition when churches were painted. Criterion (i): The Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe is a masterpiece of the ...

The Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066, and is the final resting place of 17 monarchs. The church we see today was begun by Henry III in 1245. It’s one of the most important Gothic ...

The site – which also comprises the small medieval Church of Saint Margaret, built in Perpendicular Gothic style, and Westminster Abbey, where all the sovereigns since the 11th century have been ...

Graffiti had also been found on the nearby St Mary's Church, they added ... paint caused "considerable damage" to the medieval plasterwork on the abbey The monastic ruins are the largest in ...

This medieval church, graced by many royal weddings and coronations, offers a magnificent peek at London's far-reaching history. Westminster Abbey is generally busy – and the staff keeps you ...