Byland Abbey

Website http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/ConProperty.361

Classification Historic Building

DescriptionByland was one of the great Yorkshire Cistercian abbeys, housing at its zenith well over 200 monks and lay brothers. Much of its huge cathedral-sized church survives, including the whole north side and the greater part of the 13th-century west front. With its mixture of rounded Romanesque and pointed Gothic arches, this proclaims the arrival of the new Gothic style which Byland pioneered in the north. Its great circular rose window, now surviving only in part, was probably the model for the rose window of York Minster.

Both Rievaulx Abbey and Helmsley Castle are within reasonable travelling distance.

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The Address, , Thirsk (10 miles), YO61 4BD

Phone01347 868614

DateAug 9, 2006

Contact NameEnglish Heritage

CategoryEngland > Yorkshire (North)
England > Yorkshire (North) > Attractions In Ripon

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