Fountains Abbey - The Cellarium

This building is one of the most impressive, and possibly one of the best known, of all the abbey buildings. It is over 300 ft long, and extends from the church southwards right across the River Skell.

It would not originally have been open like this - partitions would have divided it up for various uses, including storerooms, and part was used as the lay brothers refectory.

Nineteen graceful pillars down the centre support an impressive vaulted ceiling. On the floor above was the lay brothers dormitory.

This shot shows only part of the length of the building - it's scale is truly impressive. At the base of each pillar there is a light - the building has been used for light shows with coloured light projected onto the ceiling (see http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/northyorkshire/ripon/10838916.Festival_of_light_at_Fountains_Abbey/ for a recent photo)

Ian

[Lee]

Nice shot.

[Arthur Loosley]

Love the lighting and texture here.

[Padlock]

excellent

[Lynne Hart]

Like the pov and all those arches

[Pyrrhula]

Beautiful capture of the arches and the architecture . Love the green moss on it. Fav.

[Bob]

Nice perspective. Also, a nice capture with all the different lighting coming through.

[Debbie Arcaro]

Great comp and color is perfect!

[Molly]

Really like this composition and the repetitive arches. Fav.

[Tony]

A most impressive capture of that beautiful piece of architecture. Fav

[Hazel A]

Great capture of the arches

[Steve and Pam Winfield]

What a fantastic structure and so big:)

[Richard Sayer]

Thanks for bringing us this Ian - I find architecture on this scale and of this grandeur dating from the middle ages, incredibly humbling.

[Cathie]

Beautiful shot, Ian, of a beautiful structure.

[CINDY JOHNSON]

Beautiful

[Denise fuller]

Lovely composition and shadows

[Dianne]

Really nice pov - the one lonely figure gives perspective to the shot.

[Fisher Family]

@gamelee

Thank you Lee, glad you like it

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@wordpixman

Thank you Arthur, glad you like it

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@padlock

Thank you Padlock, and thank you for the fav

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@lhart

Thank you Lynne, glad you like it

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@pyrrhula

Thank you Ferry, and thank you for the fav

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@bobhuegel

Thank you Bob - I was fortunate to catch it when the sun wasn't shining directly into the cellarium and so avoiding really harsh shadows.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@hshdebbie

Thank you Debbie - the direction of the sunlight was ideal for this shot.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@dolphin

Thank you Molly, and thank you for the fav.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@tonydebont

Thank you Tony, and thank you for the fav - it really is an impressive structure.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@purplehaze12

Thank you Hazel, glad you like it.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@stevepam

Thank you Steve and Pam - it is indeed a huge and impressive building.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@vignouse

Thank you Richard - I agree, it's amazing to see what could be achieved with very little mechanical assistance. It's also fascinating to speculate what the monasteries would have gone on to achieve had Henry VIII not brought the monastic age to an end.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@cathieg

Thank you Cathie, glad you like it.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@pittcj17

Thank you Cindy, glad you like it.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@denisefuller

Thank you Denise - it's such a wonderful subject to photograph.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@dide

Thank you Dianne - I spent quite a while waiting for a shot without crowds of tourists, and I liked the idea of a solitary figure to emphasise the scale of the building.

Ian

[Therese]

wonderful capture, love hoe the shape of the arches repeats all the way!

[*lynn]

wonderful composition... great shot! fav

[Pete Roberts]

Super pov

[Diane]

fantastic pov and repeating pattern in the arches - fav

[Fisher Family]

@monkeykid

Thank you Therese. This shot doesn't show the full length of the building. There are actually 19 arches in total.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@lynnz

Thank you Lynn, and thank you for the fav!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@pjr

Thank you Pete, glad you like it.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@deak68

Thank you Diane, and thank you for the fav!

Ian