The Collation Seat, Cleeve Abbey, Somerset, 1999. Artist: J Bailey

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The Collation Seat, Cleeve Abbey, Somerset, 1999. Cleeve Abbey was founded as a Cistercian monastery in 1198 and many of the surviving buildings date from the 13th century. The Collation Seat in the north wall of the cloister is a rare survival. It is where the abbot sat during the daily spiritual reading.

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Size: 3429px × 5096px
Location: World,Europe,United Kingdom,England,Somerset,Williton
Photo credit: © Historic England/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1990s, 20th, abbey, bailey, century, christianity, cistercian, cleeve, collation, color, colour, decade, england, english, heritage, monastery, nineties, photograph, religion, religious, seat, somerset, stone, tgn, williton