And I read with interest on the information board that a devastating fire tore trough the Abbey in c.1484, and, for once it seems, our Henry is innocent.
I settled down with sketchpad on a crumbling pillar, and captured the timelessness of the Abbey with this illustration.
The odd tourist was dwarfed by the still-present magnificence of its Norman crossing arch and its high walls (at least) still sheltered its flock with huge diagonal chunks of cooling shadow.
Creake Abbey |
Original illustration of Creake Abbey, Norfolk
12' x 9" pen and marker sketch on 140lb water colour paper available from:
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© Robert R Wisdom www.theartofengland.co.uk 2012