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Barlings Abbey, England

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We are greatly in debt to two Friends of our Order in England - Ian and Dawn - 

for their photographic contributions.  We also wish to add our thanks to Ian 

for his generous donation of time and expertise 

relating to the fate of Barlings Abbey. 

This is a sketch of Barlings done by renown regional artist Samuel Brock in 1726.  Mr. Brock sketched over 400 sites in England during his lifeltime.  This sketch is unique, however, in that it was enhanced by watercolors.
Plan of the Abbey as seen on the visitor's board near the entryway to the grounds.
Closeup of a sketch of the Abbey as seen on the visitor's board.
Closeup of the tower depicted on Mr. Brock's watercolor.
South face of the ruin.
Another view of the south face.
Old and new at Barlings:  A helicopter passes over the ruin (upper left, just above the highest point of the ruin).
View of the end of the ruin, showing hewn stone archivult remains.
Gargoyle virtually untouched by time at the base of a mullion (outside edge window moulding).
Intricately carved capital / base of a vault.
Capitals of the archivault mouldings.
Wider view.
West side of the ruin at a distance.
North face.
North face closeup.  One can clearly see the ceiling edge in the masonry work.
Closeup of the north side of the highest remaining part.
Some of the stonework remaining.
There are literally hundreds of stones lying around in the field in the vicinity of the ruins.  This was one of the largest, clearly showing from its pattern that it was part of a column, base, or capital structure.