Forde Abbey

Forde Abbey: founded as Cistercian house transferred to Forde in 1141; in hands of Pollard & Rosewell families when church was demolished; later owned by the Prideaux & Gwyn families
Forde Abbey: surviving building on the north side of the cloister; chapel on right is part of the original buildings, remainder is c16 & c17 work under Edmund Prideaux
Forde Abbey: c16 Perpendicular windows in the cloister; bays of four lights with transom; upper parts added 1655 with battlements
Forde Abbey: arms of Edmund Prideaux over the arch of the main entrance impaling those of his second wife Margaret Ivery
Forde Abbey: inside of cloister with blank panels on the north wall within
Forde Abbey Chapel: formerly late c12 chapter house; screen of 1655; pierced foliage above door
Forde Abbey Chapel: pediment above screen with arms of Prideaux impaling Ivery of Cothay & Prideaux impaling Francis of Combe Florey
Forde Abbey Chapel: memorial to Edmund Prideaux, d.1659, & wife Margaret Ivery, Edmund their son, d.1702, & his wife Amy Francis; erected 1704 by their daughter Margaret Gwyn
Forde Abbey Chapel: memorial to Francis Prideaux, d.1677, aged 19; tablet with scrolled pediment
Forde Abbey Chapel: later memorial to Elizabeth Fraunceis Gwyn, d.1807