Pershore Abbey: The Tower and the Traces Digital Print
The tower in sunlight, the marks of vanished roofs and a glorious meeting of architectural ages. A closer encounter with Pershore’s remarkable survivor.
- 10 mm white border included.
- Printing and framing are not included. The purchase is for a digital file.
- Overall paper up to 38 × 50 cm
- Up to three personal prints
Every wall
has something to say.
The tower gives the image its upward pull. Come closer and the wall below becomes a map of change: blocked openings, different masonry and the outline of buildings that are no longer there.
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In my words.
Some buildings seem to carry their history on the outside. Pershore is one of them. In my Digest, I wrote about its weathered surfaces, ghost gables and walls that were once inside and are now outside.
Here the tower draws the eye upwards, but I keep returning to the transept beneath it. The changes in the masonry and the outlines of lost roofs make the building feel less like a finished object than a conversation across centuries.
The presence of absence. Things unseen can make a place so compelling.
Romanesque below. Gothic above.
Pershore’s Grade I listing records a largely Romanesque south transept beneath a tower completed in 1330. Look for the chevron moulding high in the gable and the traces of former monastic roofs. They are clues to a building whose original setting has largely disappeared.
The nave was demolished after the Dissolution, leaving the crossing and former choir to serve as the parish church. Later buttresses and nineteenth-century restoration added further chapters.
The close view makes those layers visible without separating them. Warm light travels across the whole facade, bringing several centuries into the same moment.
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What you receive
High-resolution JPEG primary print file (4,750 × 6,250 pixels), print-ready PDF with three exact paper sizes, and a print-specific printing guide. Original Adobe RGB (1998) colour profile retained. The complete 4,500 × 6,000 pixel source photograph is preserved.
Printing and framing are not included. The purchase is for a digital file.
Printing your artwork
Overall paper up to 38 × 50 cm, including the 10 mm white border. Image area approximately 318 ppi at this size. Use the matching PDF page for a constant border at each suggested size. Ask your printer for a colour proof. Printing and framing are not included. The purchase is for a digital file.
Print at home or take the original file to a printer you trust. You choose the paper and finish, and what feels right to spend. The printing guide helps you keep the complete artwork and choose an appropriate size.
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Make up to three personal prints. Print it your way with your own printer or outsource it to a professional printer.
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Pershore Abbey: The Tower and the Traces
Digital Print
