The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain. Accompanied with descriptions (1815)
Storer, James, 1771-1853 · London, Published for the proprietors by Wm. Clarke... J. Murray... S. Bagster... J.M. Richardson... and Sherwood and Co. .. · leaf 128
ioured him,in revenge, set fire to the monastery, which, with half of theoratory, was consumed. The monastery was refounded aboutthe year 1143, and the foundation of the church was laid,and some pillars raised by the abbot, John de Eber, ia 1204.John de Pherd, their next abbot, carried on the work,… … FOUNTAINS ABBEY. Dimension, 8fc. of the ruin.—The great tower is 1G3feet 6 inches high, and 24 feet square, it is placed at tbenorth end of the transept; immediately behind the altar isthe sanctum sanctoruviy 132 feet long and 36 broad ; ad-joining is the altar : within a few yards of the…
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