Warden Abbey

Client:- Friends of Warden Abbey, Bedfordshire

Project:- 12c Reconstruction of warden Abbey & Vineyard

Known as St Mary d’Assartis on its foundation, the monastery was popularly referred to as Wardon Abbey by the close of the 1140s.The monks had a sizeable claustral complex built over the following decades, and their impressive stone church was dedicated before the turn of the 13th century. The monks also established a precinct that ultimately extended to 157 acres (the largest in Britain) containing pasture, gardens / orchards, vineyards, fishponds and a lake.