©NTPL / Andrew Butler

A view of the Clock Tower framed by an ornate Gothic archway. Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire.

©NTPL / Andrew Butler

The exterior of the cloisters seen from the Cloister Court, Lacock Abbey.

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The south front of the Abbey, with Sharington's Tower in prominent view. Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire.

©NTPL / Andrew Butler

Brilliant lavender surrounding the entrance to the Cloisters at Lacock Abbey.

©NTPL / Tymn Lintell

Eighteenth-century packhorse bridge in Lacock Village, over the Bide Brook. Wiltshire.

©NTPL / Andrew Butler

One of three oriel windows built by William Henry Fox Talbot between 1827-30. This was immortalised by Fox Talbot as the subject of his earliest existing negative. Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire.

©NTPL / Rupert Truman

View of one of the traditional stone cottages in the High Street in Lacock Village. The facade of the house is covered in white climbing roses making a picturesque view.

©NTPL / Rupert Truman

View of the `Sign of the Angel' pub in Lacock Village. The public house was built in the 15th century and named after the gold coin called The Angel.

©NTPL / Andreas von Einsiedel

Detail of the carved stone table c. 1550 in Sharington's Tower at Lacock Abbey. The table is upheld on the shoulders of four satyrs and decorated with the scorpion crest of the Sharingtons.

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The interior of the Warming Room in the Nunnery at Lacock Abbey. The only room where the nuns had a fire. The cauldron of bell metal dates from 1500, and made by Peter Wagheuens of Malines.

©NTPL / Andreas von Einsiedel

View of the South Gallery at Lacock Abbey. The room was created in its present form by William Henry Fox Talbot in 1828-30. The painting over the mantelpiece is a copy of a Van Dyke portrait.

©NTPL / Andreas von Einsiedel

View of the Blue Parlour at Lacock Abbey. The room was remodelled in the early 18th-century when the chimneypiece with bolection mouldings and panelled walls were introduced.