Fountains Abbey Revisited

And now, back to Fountains Abbey. 

I thought I'd feature some nice windows today.

This particular window got a bad press in the guidebook.  The window in the background is fifteenth century (as is the tower itself) and in the perpendicular style.  This is supposedly out of keeping with the wider character of the abbey buildings:-

 

I'm afraid I'm going to demonstrate my architectural ignorance by saying that...  I quite like it!!  I like the way the two styles are juxtaposed.

Another fine window is this nice example in one of the side chapels, with some rather lovely tracery still surviving:-

 

And lastly, let's go back to some nice bog standard Gothic.  Or is it Transitional...?

Fountains Abbey Revisited

And now, back to Fountains Abbey. 

I thought I'd feature some nice windows today.

This particular window got a bad press in the guidebook.  The window in the background is fifteenth century (as is the tower itself) and in the perpendicular style.  This is supposedly out of keeping with the wider character of the abbey buildings:-

 

I'm afraid I'm going to demonstrate my architectural ignorance by saying that...  I quite like it!!  I like the way the two styles are juxtaposed.

Another fine window is this nice example in one of the side chapels, with some rather lovely tracery still surviving:-

 

And lastly, let's go back to some nice bog standard Gothic.  Or is it Transitional...?