Ancient site · England · Partial ruin
Fountains Abbey
Fountains Abbey is a large Cistercian monastery complex founded in 1132 near Ripon, North Yorkshire. The site includes the abbey church, cloister, chapter house, refectory, cellarium and ancillary buildings clustered in a walled precinct beside the River Skell and was largely complete by the early 16th century.
First raised
1101
Its prime
1526
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1526
What Fountains Abbey looked like in its prime.
A long stone abbey church and claustral range of coursed masonry set in a sheltered river valley, dominated by a tall, square north-transept tower completed in the early 16th century. The church has an aisled nave of multiple bays, a greatly lengthened choir terminating in an eastern transept, and a central lantern tower at the crossing. The cloister opens onto arcaded walks with contrasting black marble and white sandstone dressings; vaulted cellars and arcaded bridges cross the River Skell. Roofs and tiled coverings complete the ensemble in its prime.
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11 places to explore in 1526.
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