ID: 700089478 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700089478	Record Type: Built Work
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Abbey Dore (abbey (monastery); unknown architects; founded by Robert FitzHarold; founded 1147, consecrated 1275...; Ewyas Harold (Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe...)

Note: Was a major Cistercian monastery founded by the local lord, Robert FitzHarold in 1147. Prospered until the Dissolution of the Catholic Monasteries instigated by Henry VIII in 1537. Most of the subsidiary buildings were demolished and the main church fell into disrepair; part was restored in the 1630s for use as a parish church of the Church of England.

Titles:

Abbey Dore (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Dore Abbey (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

abbey (monastery) [300000642] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>, religious complexes, religious communities (built complexes), monasteries (built complexes))

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: founded 1147, consecrated 1275, largely destroyed after 1537; partially restored in the 1630s

Creator Display:

unknown architects; founded by Robert FitzHarold [preferred]

patron FitzHarold, Robert (English lord in Herefordshire, 12th century) [500475944]

architects unknown British (modern) (modern British cultural designation) [500125220]

Locations:

Current: Ewyas Harold [7027042] Herefordshire (unitary authority), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 51.96778°N 2.89368°W

Display Materials: masonry construction; red sandstone

	masonry construction (technique or process) [300404383]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (built works technique), <construction technique by form or materials>)

	ferruginous sandstone [300011398]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>, sandstone, <sandstone by composition or appearance>)

Dimensions: unavailable

Events:

destruction: largely destroyed in the Dissolution of the Monasteries instigated by Henry VIII in 1537

Cultures:

(preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Gothic (Medieval) [300020775] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods, Medieval (European))

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	Dissolution of the Monasteries [901002105]
	.....((British history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)

	Virgin Mary [901000032]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

Sources and Contributors:
Abbey Dore	........ [VP]
	........ UK Southwest [online] (2000-)
Dore Abbey	........ [VP]
	........ UK Southwest [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... UK Southwest [online] (2000-) accessed 6 August 2018