Studley Royal House

Studley Royal House is a historic building at Studley Royal, a World Heritage Site in North Yorkshire, in England. The original Studley Royal house was built in the Tudor period, badly damaged in a fire in 1716, rebuilt and demolished after a second fire in 1946. As part of the 18th-century rebuilding, John Aislabie commissioned John Simpson and Robert Doe to design racing stables. Their designs may have been influenced by Colen Campbell and Roger Morris. The building was constructed between 1728 and 1732. Soon after completion, the north and south ranges were converted into service buildings. After the main house burned down, the whole building was converted into a replacement house, adopting the name "Studley Royal House". Several rooms were decorated with materials salvaged from the old house. The building was grade II* listed in 1967. In 2023, it was offered for sale for £6.25 million, at which time it had eight bedrooms, six reception rooms, and 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) of private grounds. The house is built of stone, with rusticated quoins and a stone slate roof. It consists of four ranges, with one and two storeys, round a square courtyard, with two-storey towers on the corners. The east front has a seven-bay arcade, consisting of round arches with keystones, a moulded cornice, and a parapet with ball finials. The towers have a sash window in an architrave on each floor, the window in the lower floor with a cornice and a pediment, and each tower is surmounted by a pyramidal roof with a copper ball finial and a weathervane. In the centre of the rear range is a cupola with a shallow pointed roof and a ball finial. Inside, one room contains the flooring from the old house's chapel, and several have salvaged fireplaces.

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Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains

Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, 2 miles (3 km) west of Ripon. There is no village in the parish. The population of the parish was estimated at 50 in 2016. The southern half of the civil parish comprises most of Studley Royal Park, an estate which since 1767 has included the ruins and estate of Fountains Abbey. The estate is now the property of the National Trust and is open to the public. The northern half of the parish includes the farming settlements of High Lindrick and Low Lindrick. Lindrick and Studley Royal were historically extra-parochial areas in Claro Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire. They became a civil parish in 1858. In 1974 the parish was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The parish now shares a grouped parish council with the civil parishes of Studley Roger and Aldfield, known as Fountains Abbey Parish Council.

Choristers' House

Choristers' House, also known as The Cottage or Church Cottage, is a historic building on the Studley Royal World Heritage Site in North Yorkshire, in England. The house was designed by William Burges, and was constructed in 1873, with funding from George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon. It was associated with Burges' St Mary's Church, Studley Royal, and Robinson originally intended for it to house a music school or choir, the church organist, and its music master. However, it appears that it served as a parsonage. It was extended between 1909 and 1930, and was grade II* listed, along with its wall and gate, in 1986. It has more recently served as holiday accommodation. The house is built of gritstone, and has a red tile roof with crested ridge tiles, a lead pinnacle and a finial. It has two storeys and three bays. On the front, the middle bay is recessed, and contains a portico with two chamfered slightly pointed arches, over which are carved shields and a badge, and two dormers with curved bargeboards. The left bay is gabled, and contains a four-light mullioned and transomed window and a three-light mullioned window above. The right bay projects and is canted; the upper floor is timber framed. At the rear, on the left, is a large timber framed gable approached by external stone steps, and to the right is a two-storey tower with a pyramidal roof. The front wall has chamfered coping, and it contains a gateway with three steps.

St Mary's, Studley Royal

The Church of St Mary, Studley Royal, is a Victorian Gothic Revival church built in the Early English style by William Burges. It is located in the grounds of Studley Royal Park at Fountains Abbey, in North Yorkshire, England. Burges was commissioned by the 1st Marquess of Ripon to build the church as a memorial church to Frederick Grantham Vyner, his brother-in-law. It is one of two such churches, the other being the Church of Christ the Consoler at Skelton-on-Ure.

The Obelisk, Studley Royal

The Obelisk is a historic structure at Studley Royal, a World Heritage Site in North Yorkshire, in England. In 1742, William Aislabie had a tall stepped pyramid erected as a memorial to his father, John Aislabie. It lay at the end of a long straight driveway, leading from Ripon. Perhaps in 1805, a timber obelisk was erected nearby, to commemorate British victory in the Battle of Waterloo. This soon fell into decay, and some time after 1812, both the pyramid and obelisk were replaced by a stone obelisk. The obelisk is in stone and is about 15 metres (49 ft) high. It is diagonally set on a base and a corniced pedestal about 3 metres (9.8 ft) high. It has been grade II listed since 1967, and is also a scheduled monument.