This 3D model of Fonthill Abbey has been drawn using existing plan and cross sectional drawings that are freely available on the web.
I consider it to be a fair representation of what the original structure looked like.
Some area's are not recorded in contemporary prints or plans,
so in these instances I have drawn in windows or estimated the height of structures, based on surrounding area's that had been recorded.
Fonthill Abbey looking from an elevated south westerly position.
The main western entrance with the massive doors is at the front.
The west cloisters can be seen immeaditly to the right of the main entrance.
On the far left can be seen the 'Lancaster Turret' and the 'Sanctuary'
with the 'Oratory' just visible at the far tip.
(The 'Lancaster Turret' and the 'Sanctuary' are in fact the only parts of the building now left.)
At the rear can be seen the eastern hall with its large twin turrets.
This consists of the 'Great Dining Room', 'Crimson Drawing Room',
'The Grand Drawing Room', and the 'Crimson Breakfast Parlour'.
To the far right you have the smaller twin turrets of the 'Yellow Withdrawing Rooms',
(or the 'Yellow Damask Rooms', as Rutter describes them.)
The model was created using Rhino 3D, (Rhinoceros NURBS modelling for Windows, version 3)
This was then rendered using 'Flamingo' version 1.1.
The finer detail on the model, tracery, glazing bars etc, has been omitted simply on the grounds of file size.
The Rhino file for this model alone is around 103 megs. Render time using an Athlon XP2400 processor was 35 minutes.
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