Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Fountains Abbey


you can see the extent of the monastery from the plan



The 15th century window must've been tremendous



looking across the nave


peeking towards the altar site


entrance to a side chapel


looking from the chancel



flocks of birds added to the feel of the place



the chapter house...the bases of the columns for the vaulted are visible


cloisters


earlier round arch and later pointed arch



now truncated spiral staircase


abbot's house



offset arches



the tall arches behind the altar


looking up the tower


down the ambulatory


schoolchildren on a field trip in their mock monk's robes. did we postgrads want some? oh yeah.


more chapter house, you can see the benches


doesn't that look like fun?


final view of the cathedral from a hill, the ruined ground story allows for a relatively flat horizon to the taller central church
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 11, 2010 at 6:30 PM

    the cloister nearly made me jump out of my skin with joy. might this be a place we could visit in april?

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  2. TNovember 11, 2010 at 7:02 PM

    hmmm...well. it gets a bit complicated (and thus more expensive)by public transport: http://www.fountainsabbey.org.uk/html/how-to-find-us/

    but it is a fantastic place, i'd be willing to revisit.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 11, 2010 at 8:54 PM

    a bus sounds fine to me! it's so beautiful.

    someone posted some lovely photos from sheffield on a dw com today:

    http://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/11146.html

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  4. TNovember 12, 2010 at 7:31 PM

    you would also enjoy york which is also very beautiful.

    and Ecclesall Woods...right next to me. we go dog walking there fairly regularly.

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