Several groups of fragments of carved stonework from Kirkstall Abbey have been preserved:

a. On-site in a store off the S transept, the largest cache.

b. On display in the Visitor Centre: the stonework seen in 2010 was not displayed in 2017.

c. In the inaccessible monks’ parlour: fragments glimpsed in 2017 included waterleaf capitals.

d. In the Leeds City Council stores, finds including excavated stonework. A stone from a cornice with an interlace cross illustrated in Irvine (1892, 29-30) may perhaps be in a City Council store, but not seen.

For general remarks see report for Kirkstall Abbey: 01 Church.

There are several loose cloister capitals, and St John Hope illustrates fragments (Hope and Bilson 1907). Stuart Harrison uses these to make a reconstruction of the arcade, suggesting a date of 1170 to 1175 (Robinson and Harrison 2006; Fergusson 1984). Any loose sculpture in Magnesian limestone probably comes from these cloister arcades.

The most significant remains are glazing bars from the E window of the church: the remnants have been used to reconstruct the unusual rose window (Harrison 1995). Some of this stonework is in the store off the S transept. It was of sandstone, like all the first phase of the abbey in the time of Abbot Alexander.