Passing through Pershore recently we stopped to have a look at the abbey. The first time I visited this building was in 2010 and here's what I had to say in a blogpost about this "ugly duckling" of a building.
"The church is the former abbey at Pershore in Worcestershire. This building, originally an Anglo-Saxon foundation, rebuilt c.1100, and extended in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, was severely reduced in size at the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. The monastic outbuildings were destroyed and the nave and Lady Chapel were taken down completely. The north transept subsequently collapsed and in 1686 the crossing tower had to have supports constructed on that side. An east apse (shown in the photograph) was built in 1847. There was a general restoration in 1862-5 and in the early twentieth century when two massive flying buttresses (dated 1913) were placed against the tower to help to hold it in position (see smaller photograph)."
You might want to click the link to the 2010 post to find out more and make more sense of the above.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Nikon Z 5
