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RATHER than just visit the immaculately preserved Fountains Abbey, continue with a walk through the grounds and out in to Studley Park.
Some timbers in the barn could date back as far as the 1500s - Credit: Tom Ames Photography A historic barn in Suffolk built on the grounds of a former Order of the Knights of St John site is going up for auction. The 51ft long, 20ft wide barn – believed to have been built between 1760 and 1780 – is built on the former Knights of St John site in Battisford, where they based themselves in 1154. The site later became a substantial fortification known as a commandery and was seized in the 1530s during the Reformation. It was later sold to Richard Gresham, who left it in the hands of his son ...