Fountain Abbey, UNITED KINGDOM - Chapel of the Nine Altars - REAL PHOTO - 1949 for Sale

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Fountain Abbey, UNITED KINGDOM - Chapel of the Nine Altars - REAL PHOTO - 1949 For Sale

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Fountain Abbey, UNITED KINGDOM - Chapel of the Nine Altars - REAL PHOTO - 1949:
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Fountain Abbey, UNITED KINGDOM - Chapel of the Nine Altars - REAL PHOTO - 1949: Fountains Abbey is one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England. It is located approximately three miles south-west of Ripon in North Yorkshire, near to the village of Aldfield. Founded in 1132, the abbey operated for over 400 years, until 1539, when Henry VIII ordered the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The abbey is a Grade I listed building owned by the National Trust and part of the designated Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey UNESCO World Heritage 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. The area consists of three concentric zones cut by the River Skell flowing from west to east across the site. The church and cloistral 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 agricultural buildings lies on the river\'s south bank. The early abbey buildings were added to and altered over time, causing deviations from the strict Cistercian type. Outside the walls were the abbey\'s granges. The original abbey church was built of wood and \"was probably\" two-stories high; it was, however, quickly replaced in stone. The church was damaged in the attack on the abbey in 1146 and was rebuilt, in a larger scale, on the same site. Building work was completed c.1170. This structure, completed around 1170, was 300-foot (91 m) long and had 11 bays in the side aisles. A lantern tower was added at the crossing of the church in the late 12th century. The presbytery at the eastern end of the church was much altered in the 13th century. The church\'s greatly lengthened choir, commenced by Abbot John of York, 1203–11, and carried on by his successor terminates, like that of Durham Cathedral, in an eastern transept, the work of Abbot John of Kent, 1220–47. The 160-foot (49 m) tall tower, which was added not long before the dissolution, by Abbot Huby, 1494–1526, is in an unusual position at the northern end of the north transept and bears Huby\'s motto \'Soli Deo Honor et Gloria\'. The sacristy adjoined the south transept. The card has a handwritten date written on its reverse: Sun., May 29, 1949. Copyright, Walter Scott, Bradford.