Finally an actual door for #AdoorableThursday. One of a pair to the west of #TinternAbbey

Because Mouse make you wait so long she chuck in a #WicketGate for good measure #HeidiAtTintern #StMaryTintern #Thursgate
(Note #NickedNook)

West elevation (interior) of #TinternAbbey #DoorwayThursday

The setting of the two doors from the interior doesn't look quite so authentic. They rather have the look of a film set. Curious #HeidiAtTintern #StMaryTintern

North aisle #StMaryTintern #WindowsOnWednesday

Fine 2-light Decorated window with pointed trefoil lights and quatrefoil tracery. Typical C13 but the guide says C14 #HeidiAtTintern

The great west window #StMaryTintern #TraceryTuesday

The length of the seven cusped lights and the delicacy of the tracery is incredible here. Like a butterfly's wing

The approach to #StMaryTintern tells the visitor they are in for a treat. A Mouse tip for the uninitiated. Most people drive to a place like Tintern and then look around, but walk around from a distance and you will see things others miss. You can have that one for free

It'll be lovely when it's finished #StMaryTintern #MasonryMonday

Almost since the days this monastery was closed, slighted and robbed of its stone, work has been underway to keep what's left upright. 'Summer' 2024 was no different. South elevation. Heavily scaffolded chancel

The crossing #StMaryTintern #MasonryMonday

Except that crossing is not allowed as indicated by the copious safety barriers.

North elevation of north aisle and north transept #StMaryTintern #MasonryMonday

The arcade to the nave is long lost on this side, but this does show the mid-C12 Decorated-style 2-light windows, opening out onto the cloister on the other side

Arcade and south aisle #StMaryTintern #MasonryMonday

Arcade of moulded pointed arches. All of this has been heavily rebuilt long after the church fell into disrepair. The piers have been reinforced internally

What remains of #StMaryTintern is largely from the Decorated Period as can be seen from the clerestory and (partially blocked) transept widows. This showing south transept, chancel and south chapel

The Abbey Church of St. Mary was, like most Abbey churches Mouse visits, cruciform with a crossing tower (now long lost). Shown here the nave with south aisle and south transept (and a cow) #StMaryTintern

One of those images that defines the British landscape and constant reminder of its desire to stand alone; the evocative silhouette of a ruined Abbey. Welcome to the Abbey Church of St. Mary at Tintern Abbey. Ticked off Mouse's must visit list #MouseInMonmouthshire #StMaryTintern