Romantic Ruins Collection

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Botallack Mine K021793
BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall. View of the mine buildings on cliff overlooking the sea

Coventry Cathedral CC47_02918
Cathedral Church Of St Michael, Bailey Lane, Coventry. The shell of the old Cathedral viewed from the south east with a basement exposed beneath derelict ground at the corner of Bailey Lane

Mow Cop Castle
Ruinous folly built as a summer house. IoE 273340

Holland House library after an air raid BB83_04456
HOLLAND HOUSE, Kensington, London. An interior view of the bombed library at Holland House with readers apparently choosing books regardless of the damage. Photographed in 1940

Berry Pomeroy Castle J860421
BERRY POMEROY CASTLE, Devon. Reconstruction drawing by Frank Gardiner (English Heritage Graphics Team) showing the 15th century defences, including the gatehouse and the Elizabethan mansion

Hailes Abbey DP184773
HAILES ABBEY, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire. The chapter house viewed from the north east

Witley Court and Gardens 29874_013
WITLEY COURT AND GARDENS, Worcestershire. Aerial view

Rievaulx Abbey K100008
RIEVAULX ABBEY, North Yorkshire. View down onto the abbey, seen from Rievaulx Terrace

Malmesbury BB95_10457
MARKET SQUARE, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. A rooftop view looking over Market Square, showing the market cross (c.1500) and the abbey ruins

Peveril Castle DP175579
Peveril Castle, Market Place, Castleton, Derbyshire. Keep and Cavedale with Iron Age hillfort, Mam Tor, beyond. View from east

Housesteads Roman Fort and surrounding countryside N061001
HADRIANs WALL: HOUSESTEADS FORT, Northumberland. Aerial view of the fort with the wall heading off into the distance. hadrian

Rievaulx Abbey J060223
RIEVAULX ABBEY, North Yorkshire. The arches and buttresses of the north side of the abbey church

Whitby Abbey J850258
WHITBY ABBEY, North Yorkshire. View from the east

Launceston Castle, Cornwall DP264413
Launceston Castle, Castle Lodge, Launceston, Cornwall. Drone photography, aerial view of the motte, shell keep and gatehouse from the south-west

Wigmore Abbey 29878_003
Wigmore Abbey, Adforton, Herefordshire. Augustinian Abbey founded in 1179 by Hugh de Mortimer. Burial place of several of the Mortimer family, once Earls of March

Brough Castle, Cumbria DP371412
Oblique aerial drone photograph of Brough Castle

Sea defences at Reculver P_A02576_007
Reculver, Herne Bay, Canterbury, Kent. General view during construction of the new concrete block defences adjoining the north east corner of the site from the east with St Mary's Church

Kilpeck Castle 33226_045
Kilpeck, Herefordshire. Kilpeck Castle, motte and bailey earthwork and the remains of a keep, 2016

Medieval floor tiles DP248332
Wenlock Priory, Much Wenlock, Shropshire. Detail looking down at medieval tiles on the floor of the priorys ruined library

Jervaulx Abbey 28558_007
Jervaulx Cistercian Abbey ruins, North Yorkshire. Photographed from the air in 2014

Scarborough Castle N100764
SCARBOROUGH CASTLE, North Yorkshire. Aerial view of the castle and headland

Lesnes Abbey 33454_010
The ruins of Lesnes Abbey, an Augustinian Monastery founded 1178, Bexley, London, 2018

Hadrians Wall path DP217832
Hadrians Wall, Willowford Bridge Abutment, Willowford, Upper Denton, Carlisle, Cumbria. General view looking west along Hadrians Wall towards the remains of the Roman bridge

Coventry Cathedral UXC01_01_01_0007_07
Ruined Cathedral Church of St Michael, Bailey Lane, Coventry, Coventry, Coventry. A view of the spire of the ruined St Michaels Cathedral Church, seen from inside the ruins

Brough Castle 29003_078c
BROUGH CASTLE, Cumbria. Aerial view

Brougham Castle 29003_008c
BROUGHAM CASTLE, Cumbria. Aerial view

Burnley DES01_01_0492
Looking north down Healey Wood Road, Burnley, Lancashire, showing partially demolished terraces in the foreground and Healey Wood Mill in the distance

Westenhanger Castle 33328_002
Westenhanger Castle, Kent, 2017

Sutton Scarsdale Hall 28492_049
The Ruins of Sutton Scarsdale Hall, Derbyshire, 2013

Snodhill Castle DP181985
Snodhill Castle, Snodhill, Herefordshire

Charles Church 35150_052
Charles Church, now a war memorial, the roof was destroyed in World War II, Plymouth, City of Plymouth, 2022

Charles Church 35149_038
Charles Church, now a war memorial, the roof was destroyed in World War II, Plymouth, City of Plymouth, 2022

Middleham Castle 35143_012
The standing remains of Middleham Castle, once the childhood home of Richard III, Middleham, North Yorkshire, 2022

Middleham Castle 35143_014
The standing remains of Middleham Castle, once the childhood home of Richard III, Middleham, North Yorkshire, 2022

West Front P_A02107_007
Bury St Edmunds Abbey, Abbey Church, Bury St. Edmunds, Abbey Precinct, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk. Abbey West Front incorporated into later buildings

West Front CC78_00232
The West Front, Bury St. Edmunds, Abbey Precincts, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk. An exterior view of the houses which were built into the remains of the west front of the church at Bury St Edmunds Abbey

Bury St Edmunds Abbey 24654_035
The Abbey ruins, Bury St Edmunds, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk, 2007

St Annes Hospital WSA01_01_E0131
St Anne's Hospital, High St Agnesgate, Ripon, Harrogate, North Yorkshire. The ruins of St Anne's Hospital Chapel, 1934

Berwick Castle and Station 20396_001
Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland. The castle and railway station

Blackfriars CC76_00520
Blackfriars, Hereford, 1907. A view looking past the ruins of Blackfriars Friary towards the 14th century Preaching Cross

Blackfriars Preaching Cross BB87_10176
Blackfriars Priory, Preaching Cross, Widemarsh Street, Hereford, 1850-1860. Two men and a woman beside the Preaching Cross in front of the ruins of Blackfriars Priory

Pulpit DD73_00146
Shrewsbury Abbey, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 1860. The 14th century, red sandstone pulpit at Shrewsbury Abbey covered in vegetation. The pulpit was formerly in the refectory of the Benedictine abbey

Cowdray House EAW229710
Cowdray House, Easebourne, West Sussex, 1972

Wingfield Manor 35051_006
The ruins of Wingfield Manor House and farm, South Wingfield, Derbyshire, 2021

Wingfield Manor 35051_009
The ruins of Wingfield Manor House and farm, South Wingfield, Derbyshire, 2021

Annesley Hall 35048_019
Annesley Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, 2021. The remains of Annesley Hall, which suffered a fire in 1997, and the roofless ruin of All Saints Church

Annesley Hall 35048_020
Annesley Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, 2021. The remains of Annesley Hall, which suffered a fire in 1997, and the roofless ruin of All Saints Church

Berkhamsted Castle 35042_015
The ruins of Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, 2021

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