Fountains Abbey, one of the largest and best-preserved monastic edifices in England, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 3 miles SW. of
Ripon. Founded for Cistercians in 1132, it was not completed till the 16th century, so offers every variety of style, from Norman to Perpendicular. See Wallran's Fountains Abbey (Surtees Soc. 1863).