Watch Lost Buildings of Britain online: Episode 5 Glastonbury Abbey

Simon Thurley visits the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey which, prior to its destruction by Henry VIII, boasted some of the most spectacular stained glass of its era, said to transport many a pilgrim to religious ecstasy. But it also wielded a great deal of financial power, acting as the centre of an influential business empire. Ultimately, it was the king's jealousy of the abbot's wealth that would seal the abbey's fate

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