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Delineations, graphical and descriptive, of Fountains' Abbey, in the West Riding of the County of York (1820)

Storer, James, 1771-1853, Storer, H. S. (Henry Sargant), 1795-1837 · London : Longman, Rees : And C. Tilt ; Cambridge : T. Stevenson ; Ripon : E. Langdale · leaf 111

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w, is of the perpendicular character. In the latter,indications of the transum still remain. From north to souththe Lady Chapel measures one hundred and thirty-one feet;its breadth is thirty-seven feet. At the south end is a piscina,which, from its elegant construction, is worthy the attentionof… … 89 THE CHOIR AND NAVE, FROM THE EAST WINDOW/ being the whole perspective of the Church, measure threehundred and fifty-eight feet in length; the breadth is sixty-six feet. Language can only convey a very inadequatedescription of the fascinating group which presents itselffrom the gallery of the…

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