As the community grew, so the need for further space made the purchase and development of a larger home necessary. All the photos in the next series will have few comments and I start with the monastic buildings as the community moved to their new home in 1929.
Nashdom House and formal gardens were built in 1905-9 by Edwin Lutyens for Prince Dolgorouki. It was intended as a large but inexpensive house for entertaining. In 1929 the house was purchased by the Anglican Order of Benedictine Monks and became Nashdom Abbey. In the 1960s an extension was added to the north-east of the house and in 1987 the monastery was sold. In 1997 the 1960s extension was demolished and the house was converted into residential flats.
The main building of Nashdom Abbey is a large, imposing house in bare neo-Regency style. It is a symmetrical building built of brick and it comprises of a single storey entrance bay and two flanking bays. The entrance bay has a portico with Tuscan columns and piers carrying an entablature with a balustrade. In the grounds of the house there is a gatehouse, at the north-east corner, and a single-storey, L-shaped stable.
A Pictorial History of the Benedictines of the Anglican Monastery of Our Lady and St Benedict at Nashdom Abbey Burnham, Bucks.
Friday, 10 September 2010
Tuesday, 7 September 2010
New Foundations
The community moves to Pershore where Dom Denys Prideaux [1864-1934] eventually became Prior and then Abbot. The link here may be of interest.
Links to Caldey Abbey
The Cistercian Community at Caldey Island and Abbey can be accessed at the following link. The website also contains many other useful links to Monastic Communities in the UK and the world.
Thursday, 2 September 2010
PAX - May 1913
The following pages are extracts from the community letter in the May 1913 edition of PAX, written by Abbot Aelred and following on from the decision of the Community to be received into the Catholic Church.
Caldey Abbey after the decision to join the Catholic Church
The first photo is of the Community after their decision to join the Catholic Church. The second photo is taken after the Abbatial Blessing of Abbot Aelred.
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