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 151
a thick wall;the southern division appears to have been floored ; both thechambers are unroofed. Still more westward are the remainsof a gateway, having over it three windows, and behind itthe springer of an arch which attached it to other erections;some mutilated walls still remain; these being at… … i 103 THE ABBEY, FROM THE SOUTH WEST/ The westentrance to the church is through a circular-headeddoor, having- three columns on each side. Above the greatwest window is a niche, beneath which is a bird, rudelycarved, holding a crosier, and standing upon a tun, a rebusfor the founders name…
Fountains Abbey (North Yorkshire, England) · Cistercians · Abbeys
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