Tag: The Rievaulx Terrace

The Rievaulx Terrace

  The Rievaulx Terrace was created about 1749-57 by Thomas Duncombe II, to provide a long view of the medieval abbey ruins in the valley below.  Duncombe would bring his guests over from nearby Duncombe Park to enjoy the landscape.  As they walked along the curving Terrace, a carefully contrived series of thirteen different views of […]