Those taking a break in Norfolk holiday cottages will be able to visit a former Benedictine abbey thanks to new funding to make the attraction more accessible.
Located on an isolated riverbank in Horning, St Benet”s Abbey will be opened to schools and tourists alike after £51,500 of Heritage Lottery Fund subsidies were offered to the Norfolk Archaeological Trust.
According to the Yarmouth Mercury, visitors to the religious artefact will soon be able to get closer to the "iconic" building, which has long been a favourite subject of artists and photographers.
Anne Mason, the trust”s project officer, told the newspaper: "We will also be holding workshops to look at how the abbey has inspired well-known artists over generations as well as writers from PD James to the poet John Betjeman."
The abbey has a long history, having been used by monks in the Middle Ages as a place for isolation and remaining the only monastery in Britain to survive the Dissolution.
Posted by Andrew Hill
