Ampleforth Abbey: How an iconic architect somehow blended Gothic Revival, Arts-and-Crafts and Modernism with clarity, simplicity and spatial coherence

On the centenary of Ampleforth Abbey's first consecration, John Goodall looks at the evolution of this North Yorkshire church by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, which illustrates the architect’s journey from antiquarianism to abstraction. Photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life.