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The National Trust preserves over fifty examples of ecclesiastical buildings and complexes, including the remains of monasteries which were often incorporated into later domestic schemes following the Dissolution. Religious architecture was a component of many great houses, sometimes representing an enduring early part of buildings which were subject to later development: an example is Petworth Chapel, part of Petworth House, Sussex. Religious monuments of various kinds are also strongly represented, particularly the memorials to members of the families and former owners of the historic properties which are now cared for by the National Trust.
Examples of this type of architecture include:
crosses
burial grounds
mausolea and tombs
places of worship (chapels, churches, temples)
religious houses (abbeys, monasteries, nunneries)
shrines
The outstanding religious site held by the Trust is Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, a Cistercian monastery built in the twelfth century and later enlarged. It survives as an evocative ruin within Studley Royal Park, and is among the most impressive of the monastic sites of England. Also impressive are the remains of Mount Grace Priory, Yorkshire, England’s most important Carthusian ruin (with a reconstructed and simply furnished monastic cell), and Hailes Abbey, Gloucestershire. Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, is one of several former monasteries converted to form part of a domestic house. In contrast, the medieval Keld Chapel, Cumbria, is one of the Trust's more remote religious sites.
Of related interest is Ty^ Mawr, the birthplace of Bishop William Morgan, first translator of the entire Bible into Welsh.
The west front of the ruins of Fountains Abbey, the remains of a monastery, founded in 1132 by Cistercian monks.
View through the East Cloister Walk at Lacock Abbey. The Abbey was converted into a private residence by William Sharington in 1539 after the Dissolution.
View of The Chapel of the Holy Evangelists at Killerton showing the altar, choir stalls, stained glass windows and the lectern in the foreground. The chapel was built in 1841 by Sir T Acland.
The interior of the Tomb Chamber at The Vyne, Hampshire. The monument to the Speaker by Thomas Carter the Younger (d.1785) is one of the noblest works of late 18th Century English sculpture.
Mausoleum pyramid at Blickling, designed by Joseph Bonomi 1796-97.
A view of the Pet Dog Cemetery at Polesden Lacey. The grave of Edward VII's Airedale, "Caesar" is in the centre.
View of the memorial urn to Rosalie Chichester on the shore of the lake at Arlington. Ms Chichester's ashes lie beneath. The urn was designed by Robert Adam.
