 Rievaulx Terrace and Temples - Reviews from across the web
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Rievaulx Terrace & Temples Rievaulx Helmsley
Set in an 18th-century landscaped garden with stunning vistas over the Ryedale Valley and Rievaulx Abbey, the two classical Georgian temples are set on an elevated grass terrace. Of note is the exquisite ceiling painting depi...
donowdo.com
- Rievaulx Temples and Terrace
Charles Duncombe died without an heir, and his property passed to his brother-in-law, Thomas Browne. Thomas' son, also Thomas, inherited and subsequently changed his name to Duncombe. Just as Walter Espec had built his home at Helmsley castle in the twelfth century, Thomas built his home behind the ...
yorkshire-escapes.com
Travels with a Sketchbook in.......: Views from Rievaulx Terrace
Rievaulx Terrace is really rather odd. It's an eighteenth century landscape garden in a serpentine curve. It comprises a very large flat area of well maintained fresh green grass - at the top of a very steep slope - with temples at either end. The Ionic Temple is designed for banquets and contains a...
travelsketch.blogspot.com
Rievaulx Terrace & Temples (Yorkshire) - © Gardens-Guide.com - OPEN GARDENS UK & Ireland - Features, Admission, Maps, History, and Local Amenities
This half mile serpentine walk with Ionic and Tuscan temples at either end continually delights the visitor with unexpected stunning views through the trees of the ruins of the 12th century Cistercian abbey at Rievaulx below. Also revealed is the arched bridge over the river Rye, with its valley and...
gardens-guide.com
Rievaulx Terrace Gardens and Temples Yorkshire
At the far north-west of the terrace stands the rectangular Ionic Temple, inspired by the Temple of Fortuna Virilis in Rome. This building was also constructed with of dressed sandstone and stands on a high podium. The imposing portico has six Ionic columns and a pediment. A rather plain, classical ...
touruk.co.uk
Rievaulx Terrace and Temples - a Gardens Guide review
: A serpentine grass terrace with an Ionic Temple at one end and a Tuscan Temple at the other. The view of Rievaulx Abbey, made by the Cistercians in the 12th century, is thus 'borrowed' and mad...
gardenvisit.com
English Abbeys - Rievaulx Abbey
Rarely did the Cistercians break with convention when planning the layout of a monastery, but at Rievaulx Abbey the church had to be built more on a north-south axis (as opposed to the traditional east-west) because of severely sloping ground levels. The model for the first church built c1135 to 114...
theheritagetrail.co.uk
Helmsley and Rievaulx | TrekEarth
In North Yorkshire, the small town of Helmsley and the village of Rievaulx with it's ruined abbey have many links as well as being geogra...
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