DOUAI ABBEY

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September 18
A series of photographs of the completed work taken by the architect, David Richmond.
A view from the north showing the library with the Abbey Church behind.
View from the north west
Detial of the beam feature.
View from the south west
Detial of the west window of the reading room, showing the light sensitive louvres
View from the south
The main door of the library
The Gothic window which was formerly in the demolished section of cloister, looking through to the entrance.
View form the north east, across the library garden.
The east window of the reading room, showing the light sensitive louvres.
From the covered area ouside the east end of the library, looking across the garden.
Looking out from the Reading Room.
Looking towards the rock garden.
The staircase balcony.
The Reading Room looking east.
The Reading Room looking west.
A few books are already in place.


Sept 12
The Library was formally opened this afternoon by the Most Revd Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury. The ceremony began with a service in the Abbey Church, followed by the formal opening and blessing in the library itself.
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Archbishop Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop John Arnold, Titular Bishop of Lindisfarne, parton of the Catholic Archives Society, presiding in the Abbey Church, behind members of the monastic schola and the Douai Abbey Singers. Abbot Geoffrey Scott, David Richmond, architect and Archbishop Rowan Williams pose outside the library. Archbishop William speaking from the staircase balcony in the library, with Bishop John Arnold below.
Photographs courtesy of The Newbury Weekly News.

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