The standard layout of a Cistercian abbey is obvious in the ground plan of Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire (Robinson (ed.) Spend a few hours exploring the ruins of Fountains Abbey before following the river down to the sprawling water garden. We're 12 miles north of Harrogate (A61). The abbey they founded became known as ‘Sancta Maria de Fontibus’ (Charter of Confirmation by Henry I, 1133) and joined For level access car park please call 01765 608888 ahead of your visit.
Studley Royal Park, including the ruins of Fountains Abbey owes its originality and striking beauty to the fact that a humanised landscape was created around the largest medieval ruins in the United Kingdom. Please note, Studley Royal car park is currently closed. Parking: at visitor centre. This plan is the second review and will run for six years from 2015 to 2021. It builds upon the objectives and actions in the earlier plans.
1998, 43). Off B6265 to Pateley Bridge from Ripon. The WHS Management Plan for Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal was first published in 2001. There may be local road closures, please plan ahead. The area consists of three concentric zones cut by the River Skell flowing from west to east across the site.
The abbey precinct covered 70 acres (28 ha) surrounded by an 11-foot (3.4 m) wall built in the 13th century, some parts of which are visible to the south and west of the abbey. Plan of Fountains Abbey – ΞXPLΞARTH. Find out … Fountains Abbey from foundation to dissolution Fountains Abbey was founded in 1132 by a group of 13 dissident Benedictine monks who left St Mary’s Abbey in York in search of a more austere religious way of life.
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Find out what exactly a World Heritage Site is and how that impacts the work we do. The church and claustral buildings stand at the centre of the precinct north of the Skell. The inner court containing the domestic buildings stretches down to the river and the outer court housing the industrial and agricultura… The plan also includes the new Statement of … Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal sits on the world stage.
With the medieval deer park and surrounding countryside to discover too, there's enough to fill an entire day. The use of these features, combined with the planning of the water garden itself, is a true masterpiece of human creative genius. John Messenger, the owner of Fountains Abbey, finally agreed to sell his estate to William Aislabie in 1767 meaning that the Abbey could be formally integrated with the rest of the garden, rather than just simply viewed at a distance from it. The 18th-century water garden, incorporating some of the largest Cistercian abbey ruins in Europe achieved the status of a World Heritage Site. Follow the brown signs for Fountains Abbey from A1.