Description
Southwell Minster – painting on canvas.
The West front of Southwell Minster.
A large Cathedral in a small village. It is situated six miles from Newark-on-Trent and thirteen miles from Mansfield.
It is the seat of the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham and the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham.
In 1805 Archdeacon Kaye gave the Minster the Newstead lectern; once owned by Newstead Abbey, it had been thrown into the Abbey fishpond by the monks to save it during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, then later discovered when the lake was dredged.
The Antiques Roadshow has bee n filmed here for two episodes and the Minster is often used for social events including Art and craft fairs.
