[1] It is located in the grounds of Studley Royal Park at Fountains Abbey, in North Yorkshire, England.

Frederick Vyner had been murdered by Greek bandits in 1870 in an event known as the Dilessi massacre.

Burges' appointment as architect was most likely due to the connection between his greatest patron, John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, and Vyner, who had been friends at Oxford.

[5] As at Skelton, Burges's design demonstrates a move from his favoured Early-French, to an English style.

Pevsner writes of "a Victorian shrine, a dream of Early English glory".