Fountains Abbey.
In 1540, the abbey and quite a bit of its property was sold to Sir Richard Gresham, then to Stephen Proctor, who built Fountains Hall partly out of stone from the Abbey's ruins. The people of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries posessed quite a passion for the 'romantic ruin', and the wonderful, sprawling ruins of Fountains Abbey became part of the landscaping of Fountains Hall. |
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