The site of the Benedictine Evesham Abbey is in the town centre on high ground overlooking the River Severn. Within the abbey precincts are, oddly, the town's two medieval parish churches. Of the abbey itself the only substantial remnant is a sixteenth century bell tower. However, there are plentiful fragmentary structures of which one of the most interesting is the Almonry. This domestic building of stone and timber-framing dates from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries and today is a small museum with a very eclectic collection of exhibits. It was formerly the residence of the abbey's almoner, an official charged with the distribution of alms to the poor. The photograph was taken in the Almonry's enclosed garden.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Sony DSC-RX100
