View on Rievaulx Abbey from close by National Trust's Rievaulx Terrace (read full article for more info)
Path to Rievaulx Abbey from close by National Trust's Rievaulx Terrace (read full article for more info)
Church in Rievaulx village, North Yorkshire, North York Moors.
View on Rievaulx Abbey from the terraces.
The Tuscan Temple. The Tuscan Temple at Rievaulx Terrace, is very similar to the rotunda at Duncombe Park. The main differences are that the Rievaulx Temple stands on a podium rather than on a set of steps, and that the columns have no bases.
Devastated in 90's? I did notice a lot of the prints come from those years.
House in Rievaulx village, North Yorkshire, North York Moors.
Inside, rich plasterwork decorates the walls and ceiling. In the centre of the dome is a painted roundel of a winged goddess, which is attributed to the Italian artist Andrea Casali. Casali was encouraged to come to England by Thomas Duncombe II’s father-in-law, who employed him at Castle Howard.
On the floor are 13th century tiles from nearby Byland Abbey, re-laid during the 1920’s. While the Temple is not open to visitors, its beautiful interior can still be enjoyed by the view through the windows.
Rievaulx village.
Rievaulx Abbey.
The Ionic Temple at Rievaulx Terrace
Like the Tuscan Temple it has a classical Roman source- the Maison Carree at Nimes, and again is likely to have been designed by Thomas Robinson in the late 1750’s.
Rievaulx Abbey.
Although the room is filled with beautiful furniture and ceramic; including Chamberlain Worcester porcelain, and a set of twelve mid-18th century mahogany dining chairs, the chief glory is the ceiling. The restored plasterwork of the portico looks back to the work of Inigo, Jones, and the early 17th century father of Palladianism. Its frescoes of mythological scenes are the work of Italian painter Giuseppe Mattia Borgnis, who came to England around 1753. In the centre of the ceiling is Aurora, Apollo and the Muses, based on the Guido Reni’s mural in the Palazzo Rospigliosi in Rome.
Here the Duncombe family and guests would dine and socialise after promenading along the Terrace. The lavish interior must have been a magnificent sight to behold by the privileged guests.
Rievaulx Abbey, natural and fresh water source inside the compound.
It was here that monks gathered to eat. They ate in silence while listening to a reading delivered from the pulpit, the large recess in the wall to your right. The monks diet was largely vegetarian. The main hot food was the thick soup, made from beans and vegetables.
It was here that monks gathered to eat. They ate in silence while listening to a reading delivered from the pulpit, the large recess in the wall to your right. The monks diet was largely vegetarian. The main hot food was the thick soup, made from beans and vegetables.
Rievaulx Abbey - Last view...
Nunnington Hall from the outside.
The room and its little adjacent Oratory are reputed to be haunted by a presence that passes over the bed and through the wall.
"Carlisle Collection" - collection from 1920's when Mrs Carlisle was given a set of miniature furniture. She then began collecting other antique miniature pieces which she would use as ornaments around her home.
"Carlisle Collection" - collection from 1920's when Mrs Carlisle was given a set of miniature furniture. She then began collecting other antique miniature pieces which she would use as ornaments around her home.
Nunnington Hall from the outside. Garden.
Nunnington Hall from the outside.
Today visitors enter by a modest entrance and porch to the Stone Hall. This west-facing room is in the oldest part of the building and it dates from the sixteenth century. On the walls you can see preserved animal skins as trophies, a collection of arms and armour and also some large brown-wood furniture.
The room used by the Fife family for dining is not part of the visitor's tour of this property and so the second room in their route has been dressed as an Edwardian dining room.
Art gallery exhibition.
Art gallery exhibition.
Art gallery exhibition.
The room used by the Fife family for dining is not part of the visitor's tour of this property and so the second room in their route has been dressed as an Edwardian dining room.
"Carlisle Collection" - collection from 1920's when Mrs Carlisle was given a set of miniature furniture. She then began collecting other antique miniature pieces which she would use as ornaments around her home.
"Carlisle Collection" - collection from 1920's when Mrs Carlisle was given a set of miniature furniture. She then began collecting other antique miniature pieces which she would use as ornaments around her home.
Art gallery exhibition.
Viscount Preston remodelled this room during the late 17th century, and evidence of this phase of building is visible throughout the room in the form of panelling, carving on the staircase and pediments above fireplaces and doorcases.[7] Panelling in this room was once painted, but is now bare, having been stripped during the refurbishment by Walter Brierly and the Fife family in the 1920s, an example of an Edwardian trend.
Viscount Preston remodelled this room during the late 17th century, and evidence of this phase of building is visible throughout the room in the form of panelling, carving on the staircase and pediments above fireplaces and doorcases.[7] Panelling in this room was once painted, but is now bare, having been stripped during the refurbishment by Walter Brierly and the Fife family in the 1920s, an example of an Edwardian trend.
Drawing Room, Nunnington Hall - Above the Oak Hall the Drawing Room on the first floor contains an interesting find from Nunnington's stores. Found in a store at Nunnington by housekeepers, Shrimpers at Lyme Regis, a small picture in oils on board, has been attributed to Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851)
The piano was recently restored by the local York firm of Banks.
Drawing Room, Nunnington Hall - Above the Oak Hall the Drawing Room on the first floor contains an interesting find from Nunnington's stores. Found in a store at Nunnington by housekeepers, Shrimpers at Lyme Regis, a small picture in oils on board, has been attributed to Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851)
Today visitors enter by a modest entrance and porch to the Stone Hall. This west-facing room is in the oldest part of the building and it dates from the sixteenth century. On the walls you can see preserved animal skins as trophies, a collection of arms and armour and also some large brown-wood furniture.
Mrs. Fife's dressing room-Nunnington-first floor
Mrs. Fife's dressing room-Nunnington-first floor
Mrs. Fife's dressing room-Nunnington-first floor
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