My post from last year, which has links to those from previous years, can be read at Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Kingswood
Kingswood Abbey Gatehouse
The roof timbers are dated to 1441-1466
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The roof bosses in the vault
Some author infer that the central boss is a Tudor Rose suggesting a sixteenth century date, but the boss has six petals, not five. The boss to the right looks like the Yorkist sun in splendour
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Rereading the excellent English Heritage account, which an be read at History of Kingswood Abbey Gatehouse and thinking about the skilled iconography built into the gatehouse of this monastery dedicated to the Virgin, leads me to wonder if the statue venerated as Our Lady of Kingswood might even have been in fact the one here, on the outer face of the gate.
The empty niche in the abbey gatehouse. The Holy Spirit can be seen descending at the top left of the canopy
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The lily carved on the mullion of the window over the gate
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May Our Lady of Kingswood intercede for us and our intentions
Jesu mercy, Mary pray
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