Romantic Ruins Gallery (page 8)

Choose from 569 images in our Romantic Ruins Collection

Whitby Abbey J850257
WHITBY ABBEY, North Yorkshire. Atmospheric silhouette of the ruins on a full moonlit night

Whitby Abbey at night N070034
WHITBY ABBEY, North Yorkshire. A floodlit view of the abbey at night with reflection in the water

Kenilworth Castle
Listed at grade I, Kenilworth is the largest castle ruin in England. IoE 307721

Kirkstead Abbey
Former Cistercian Abbey Church, now ruined fragment of south east angle of south transept. Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire. IoE 400432

Ashby De La Zouch Castle
Now a ruin, the castle began as a manor house in the 12th century. Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire. IoE 187707

Piel Castle
Grade I listed ruins of castle, Piel Island, Barrow in Furness. IoE 388354

The Folly
Constructed as a ruin and situated on a conspicuous hilltop site in Mount Edgcumbe Park, overlooking Plymouth Sound. IoE 61874

Scarborough Castle CGH01_01_0024
Scarborough Castle, North Yorkshire. A view from the west showing the entrance and the ruins of the keep. Drawn by C G Harper between 1892-1933

Cowdray Park 29846_031
Cowdray House, Cowdray Park, West Sussex. The great Tudor mansion burned down in 1793, but the ruins have been preserved and are Listed

Earthworks, Shap 28376_051
Medieval grange and post medieval lime kiln in Shap, Cumbria. This image shows the remains of a lime kiln in Cumbria which would have produced quick lime by burning limestone

Roche Abbey 17292_28
Roche Abbey, Maltby, South Yorkshire. An aerial view of the ruins from the south west. This Cistercian Abbey was founded in 1147

Sherborne Old Castle N150089
SHERBORNE OLD CASTLE, Dorset. Aerial view

After the flood a53_10717
Lyn Valley Hotel, Lynmouth, Devon. A view of the hotel after the disastrous flood of 15/16 August 1952. This is one of a series of views of Lynmouth taken by James Nelson both before

Whitby Abbey 28369_027
Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire. Abbey now in the care of English Heritage

Easby Abbey 28345_030
Easby Abbey, Richmond, North Yorkshire. Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1152. The site is now in the care of English Heritage

Easby Abbey 28345_027
Easby Abbey, Richmond, North Yorkshire. Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1152. The site is now in the care of English Heritage

Anti-aircraft battery 28324_002
Bolton Upon Dearne, Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Remains of a heavy anti aircraft battery from the second world war

Grace Dieu 27592_032
Grace Dieu Priory, Thringstone, Leicestershire. Remains of the Augustinian priory founded 1235-41

Thorpe Hall 28325_018
Old Hall, Thorpe Salvin, Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Designed and built by Robert Smythson in 1570. Part demolished in 1820, only the south front now remains

Thetford Priory 27580_009
Thetford Priory, Norfolk. Aerial view of the priory ruins now in the care of English Heritage. Thetford was a Cluniac house founded in 1103

Calder Abbey 28462_059
Calder Abbey, Cumbria. Aerial view. NY0506/9

Anti aircraft battery 27947_021
Chadwell Heath, Greater London. Aerial view of the remains of a heavy anti aircraft battery from the second world war. TQ4889/65

Caister Castle a51_03162
Caister Castle, West Caister, Norfolk. A view from the south showing the tower on the west side of the ruins. Photographed in 1950 by Herbert Felton

Rievaulx Abbey OP07620
Rievaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire, 1850-'1910. Unknown photographer, albumen print. The ruins of Rievaulx Abbey, the first Cistercian abbey in the north of England

Pulls Ferry, Norwich SED01_01_01
Pulls Ferry, Norwich, Norfolk, 1854. William Russell Sedgfield (1826-'1902), albumen print. William Russell Sedgfield included this image, produced using the waxed paper process

Waverley Abbey K930409
WAVERLEY ABBEY, Surrey. View of the abbey buildings, looking south. The first Cistercian abbey in England, founded in 1128

Kenilworth Priory J060011
KENILWORTH CASTLE, Warwickshire. " The East View of Kenilworth Priory in the County of Warwick". Engraving by Samuel & Nathaniel BUCK, 1729. St Marys Abbey

Kenilworth Castle J060010
KENILWORTH CASTLE, Warwickshire. " The East View of Kenilworth Castle in the County of Warwick". Engraving by Samuel & Nathaniel BUCK, 1729

Goodrich Castle J050069
GOODRICH CASTLE, Herefordshire. Present day aerial view painting by Liam Wales

Wroxeter Roman City E910155
WROXETER ROMAN CITY, Shropshire. " Painting of Unknown Monument". Artist unknown. (Appears to be Wroxeter Roman City)

Wharram Percy N110347
WHARRAM PERCY DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE, North Yorkshire. View of the Church of St Martin across the graveyard

Reading Abbey CC97_02829
READING ABBEY, Reading Abbey, Berkshire. The ruins of the entrance to the east cloister looking south. The Abbey was founded by King Henry I in 1121

Ruins of Campden House CC72_00974
CAMPDEN HOUSE, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. The remains of the house of 1612, destroyed in 1645. It is an important fragment of Sir Baptist Hicks magnificent Flemish-baroque mansion of fine

Sham Abbey CC97_02085
ABINGDON, Oxfordshire. Overgrown arcades and windows of the sham abbey ruin in the gardens of Abingdon Abbey. Photographed in 1892 by Henry W Taunt

Netley Abbey CC56_00897
NETLEY ABBEY, Netley, Hampshire. Ivy covering the abbey frames a window in the day room. Founded in the 13th century, Netley is the most complete surviving Cistercian monastery in southern England

Castle Acre Priory K971173
CASTLE ACRE PRIORY, Norfolk. The nave and north transept of the priory church from the west

Tree N090777
ST AUGUSTINEs ABBEY, Canterbury, Kent. Tree on mound to south east of the ruins. Sun breaking from behind the clouds - monochrome

Castle Acre Priory EAR006880
CASTLE ACRE PRIORY, Norfolk. Aerial view of the Priory ruins. Photographed by Aeropictorial in April 1946. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Temple Bar in 1877 N110162
MAYSON BEETON COLLECTION. Temple Bar, City of London. " Forlorn condition of Temple Bar" showing ruinous and collapsed adjoining buildings

Wroxeter Roman City J900275
WROXETER ROMAN CITY, Shropshire. View across the site to the north wall of the Frigidarium

Wroxeter Roman City J840226
WROXETER ROMAN CITY, Shropshire. View across the site to the north wall of the Frigidarium

Mount Grace Priory K021701
MOUNT GRACE PRIORY, Northallerton, North Yorkshire. View of the Manor House at Mount Grace Priory from the north west with the garden pond in the foreground

Minster Lovell Hall CC57_00582
MINSTER LOVELL HALL, Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire. A distant view of the ruined hall, formerly one of the great aristocratic houses of the county near the River Windrush

Kirkham Priory N110102
KIRKHAM PRIORY, North Yorkshire. View looking down side of church across to the cloister West range

Kirkham Priory N110099
KIRKHAM PRIORY, North Yorkshire. View from the East end looking West down the length of the church

Kirkham Priory N110095
KIRKHAM PRIORY, North Yorkshire. Detail of the window tracery on the surviving block of the East end of the Church

Kirkham Priory N110094
KIRKHAM PRIORY, North Yorkshire. View of the surviving block of the East end of the Church

Minster Lovell Hall CC73_01313
MINSTER LOVELL HALL, Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire. The ruins of the former medieval manor house from the ford, built in c.1431-42 by the 7th Lord Lovell incorporating an earlier building

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