Editing Milton Abbey School (section)

==Abbey Church==
[[Image:Milton Abbey School.jpg|thumb|Milton Abbey School]]
[[Image:Milton Abbey 447286953.jpg|thumb|Milton Abbey Chapel and main building]]

The Abbey forms the central heart of the school. A chapel service takes place for the whole school twice a week. On Monday there is a house assembly and Wednesday a whole school assembly. On Sundays the school gathers for a formal Sunday worship, and there are regular communion services throughout the term. The school, although a [[Church of England]] foundation, welcomes people of any faith, and also of none.

The abbey church is built in a mixture of [[Ham stone]], Chilmark stone and [[flint]] and consists only of the choir, central tower and transepts. Its style is mostly [[decorated gothic]] dating from the mid-14th century with some 15th-century details in the tower and north transept. The eastern Lady Chapel was demolished after the suppression and some alterations were made by Wyatt in the late 18th century.<ref name="Betjeman, John 1968 p. 175">Betjeman, John, ed. (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches; the South. London: Collins; p. 175</ref> 
The Earl and Countess of Dorchester were also generous to the church, and their joint tomb, designed by [[Robert Adam]] with sculpture by [[Agostino Carlini]], is to be found in the north transept. Perhaps the most striking feature of the church's interior, however, is its south window, designed as a [[Tree of Jesse]] by [[Augustus Pugin]]. Other features of interest are the 14th-century [[pulpitum]] and [[sedilia]], the 15th-century [[reredos]] and [[pyx]] canopy, and the 16th-century monument to [[John Tregonwell]].<ref name="Betjeman, John 1968 p. 175"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bayliss |first=Jon |date=November 2022 |title=Sir John Tregonwell |url=https://www.mbs-brasses.co.uk/index-of-brasses/sir-john-tregonwell |access-date=17 January 2024 |website=Monumental Brass Society}}</ref>