NOTES FOR THE TOURIST. 
of which Mr. Walbran in his Guide Books thus speaks :—“ Rising 
immediately above the foundations of the infirmary and other offices 
of the abbey, we see the several parts of the conventual church, chapel 
of nine altars, choir, transept, tower, and nave, successively developed ; 
nearer us—and parallel with the south end of the transept—the 
chapter house ; next, but placed in a contrary direction towards the 
river, comes the common house. After that the kitchen, with its tall 
chimney, and the court-house above. Then the refectory, with its 
graceful lancet lights ; then, receding to the cloister-court, the buttery 
and its little garth ; and lastly, in connection with the main structure, 
the vast range of the lay brothers’ and guests’ dormitory, stretching 
nearly from our feet to the nave of the church. Turning in the con- 
trary direction, we may observe, on the slope of the hill above, a part 
of the wall which bounded the site of the monastery; the intermediate 
broken ground having been chiefly occupied by the common stable, 
guests’ stable, barns, kilns, tan-house, bark-mill, dove-cotes, forge, and 
other similar offices. Of these, the Mill—to which large granaries 
were formerly annexed—is alone left entire, and will be observed 
immediately before us, shrouded in tall trees, and running on merrily, 
as in days of yore.” All the styles of Architecture, from the late 
Norman Nave to the Perpendicular Tower—a very fine and almost 
complete specimen—are represented.—See Walbran’s Guide to Ripon 
and Fountains Abbey. 
The New CuHurcH in Studley Park is a fine specimen of Early 
Decorated work, and will amply repay an inspection on the visitor's 
return to the Lodge. It was erected by the Marchioness of Ripon, 
who Jaid the foundation stone in September, 1871. The chancel 
enriched with marble and fresco paintings is very charming.—See 
Harrison’s Guide to Studley Royal and the Church of S. Mary. 
MaRKENFIELD HALL, a large castellated structure—3 miles north- 
west of Ripon—was built in the time of Edward IL, presents a fine 
specimen of those ancient houses of England, which from the increas- 
ing sociability, security, and polish of the times, began to arise during 
the reign of the third Edward.—See Memorial Edition of Walbran’s 
Guide. 
