Description:A watercolour painting by Henri Gastineau (1791-1876). This view shows the west wall of the chapter house and the high transept wall, exterior, from the south east.
The Cistercian Abbey of Croxden was founded in the 1170s by Bertram de Verdun, lord of Alton. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1538 the roofs were removed and the buildings quarried for building stone. The monastic ruins are the most extensive in Staffordshire.
Dimensions: height - 635mm, width - 815mm
This painting was purchased with the assistance of the National Art Collections Fund.