An album of 150 pages containing 159 prints, 14 postcards and 1 measured drawing. The majority of the items show parts of Fountains Abbey but there is also a set of nine views showing the West Lodge, Canal Gates, Abbey Mill and cafe.
The measured drawing is the first item in the album and shows the remains of the quire stalls. It is labelled to show the sections of the remains photographed in a series of prints on pages 102 to 119. Each print is identified by number and the plan shows their position and orientation.
The rest of the prints are general views of the ruins of the abbey. Most are from one photographic job taken in 1966. The last 20 pages contain views of the abbey in 1969 - 1975 after consolidation work on some sections had been carried out.
The site has been divided in to name 2 locations only when the building is a separate structure (such as the Guest Houses). As is the practice for buildings and houses in general the separate rooms (such as the warming room) have not been given a separate name 2 location but are listed simply under the main Fountains Abbey location and can be searched for by the title or component classification fields.
Other structures on the fountains estate but not part of the main abbey complex (such as the West Lodge or Abbey Mill) are listed as separate named locations with Fountains in locality
This is part of the Series: OWS01/01 The 'Blue Albums'; within the Collection: OWS01 Office Of Works And Successors: Ancient Monuments And Historic Buildings
© Crown Copyright. Historic England Archive
Hanoverian Landscape Park, Medieval Cistercian Monastery, Medieval Abbey
