Fountains Hall

Fountains Hall
Fountains Hall
	Fountains Hall
Type	Prodigy house
Location	Studley Royal Park
Coordinates	54°06′35″N1°35′11″W / 54.109753°N 1.586430°W
Built	1598-1611
Built for	Sir Stephen Proctor
Architectural style(s)	Elizabethan and Jacobean
Owner	National Trust
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name	Fountains Hall
Designated	23 April 1952
Reference no.	1149809
	Location of Fountains Hall in North Yorkshire

Last updated April 15, 2024

Fountains Hall is a country house near Ripon in North Yorkshire, England, located within the World Heritage Site at Studley Royal Park which include the ruins of Fountains Abbey. It belongs to the National Trust and is a Grade I listed building.^[1]

History

The house was built by Stephen Proctor between 1598 and 1611, partly with stone from the abbey ruins. It is an example of a late Elizabethan prodigy house, perhaps influenced by the work of Robert Smythson. After Proctor's death in 1619, Fountains Hall passed into the possession of the Messenger family, who sold it to William Aislabie of neighbouring Studley Royal 150 years later.^[2] Fountains Hall became redundant as the Aislabie family remained at Studley Royal. It was leased to tenants and at one time parts of it were used for farm storage.^{[ citation needed ]}

The hall was renovated and modernised between 1928 and 1931, and the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) often stayed there as guests of Lady Doris Vyner, sister to Frederick Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond.^{[ citation needed ]}

During the Second World War, Fountains Hall and other estate buildings were used to house evacuees. Studley Royal became the wartime home of Queen Ethelburga's School from Harrogate and the school's sanatorium was at Fountains Hall. The stable block and courtyard was used for dormitories while one corner became the school chapel, at which Sunday Evensong was regularly said by the Archdeacon of Ripon. The hall has a balcony although it cannot be used because the staircase is considered unsafe for the public.^{[ citation needed ]}

Vyner memorial

The Vyners lost a son and a daughter in the Second World War; Charles was a Royal Naval Reserve pilot missing in action near Rangoon. Elizabeth was a member of the Women's Royal Naval Service and died of lethargic encephalitis while on service in Felixstowe, Suffolk. There is a sculpture remembering them which can be seen as one comes out of the house down the stone steps. Its text, which begins with an epitaph written by John Maxwell Edmonds, reads:

WHEN YOU GO HOME
TELL THEM OF US
AND SAY
FOR YOUR TOMORROW
WE GAVE OUR TODAY

FROM THIS THEIR HOME, THEY WENT FORTH TO WAR.
Elizabeth Vyner WRNS – Died on Active Service June 3rd 1942 Aged 18 years.
Also her brother Charles De Grey Vyner Sub Lieut (A) RNVR Reported missing
from Air Operations Off Rangoon May 2nd 1945 Aged 19 Years.

After the war the hall again fell into a state of dilapidation.

The National Trust acquired the Fountains Estate from North Yorkshire County Council in 1983 and has restored the hall. Part of it has been divided into flats, one of which is a holiday let. Visitors to Fountains Abbey can view the oak-panelled stone hall and an adjoining exhibition room, and there are plans to restore the chapel.

Filming location

Fountains Hall was the location used for the outdoor shots of Baddesley Clinton for the 1603 raid in the first episode of the 2017 BBC One miniseries Gunpowder about events surrounding the Gunpowder Plot.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Some exterior shots for the 1993 film adaptation of The Secret Garden were filmed here.^{[ citation needed ]}

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References

↑ Historic England. "Fountains Hall (1149809)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 10 August 2015.
↑ "Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey – UNESCO World Heritage Centre". 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
↑ "Our places in explosive BBC series Gunpowder". National Trust. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
↑ Hordley, Chris (20 October 2017). "Where is BBC's Gunpowder filmed?". Creative England. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
↑ Laker, Chris (31 October 2017). "Where is Gunpowder filmed?". TV News. BT. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
↑ Pickard, Michael (12 October 2017). "Gunpowder, treason and plot". Drama Quarterly. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

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[1] Historic England. "Fountains Hall (1149809)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 10 August 2015.

[2] "Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey – UNESCO World Heritage Centre". 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.

[3] "Our places in explosive BBC series Gunpowder". National Trust. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

[4] Hordley, Chris (20 October 2017). "Where is BBC's Gunpowder filmed?". Creative England. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

[5] Laker, Chris (31 October 2017). "Where is Gunpowder filmed?". TV News. BT. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

[6] Pickard, Michael (12 October 2017). "Gunpowder, treason and plot". Drama Quarterly. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

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