Malvern Priory

Malvern Priory is located in the town of Great Malvern[?] in Worcestershire, England. The priory church, which survives as the town's parish church, is mostly Norman in design, with a great square central tower (redesigned in Perpendicular style) and a very plain interior. The roof of the nave was designed by George Gilbert Scott in imitation of the medieval original. The chancel is also Perpendicular in style, and contains the monument of John Knotsford (died 1589), who, ironically, was one of those involved in the dissolution of the former monastic foundation. It is largely thanks to his patronage that the church, and particularly its medieval glass, survived so well. The north transept window, depicting the Coronation of St Mary, was donated to the priory by King Henry VII of England, and was designed by the royal glazier in 1501 - which helps to explain its survival.