Ruins of St Radegund's Abbey (The Uninhabited Portions)
RUINS OF ST RADEGUND'S ABBEY (THE UNINHABITED PORTIONS), ABBEY ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1070023
- Date first listed:
- 22-Aug-1962
- List Entry Name:
- Ruins of St Radegund's Abbey (The Uninhabited Portions)
- Statutory Address:
- RUINS OF ST RADEGUND'S ABBEY (THE UNINHABITED PORTIONS), ABBEY ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1070023
- Date first listed:
- 22-Aug-1962
- List Entry Name:
- Ruins of St Radegund's Abbey (The Uninhabited Portions)
- Statutory Address 1:
- RUINS OF ST RADEGUND'S ABBEY (THE UNINHABITED PORTIONS), ABBEY ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- RUINS OF ST RADEGUND'S ABBEY (THE UNINHABITED PORTIONS), ABBEY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Dover (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Hougham Without
- National Grid Reference:
- TR 27537 41993
Details
TR 24 SE HOUGHAM ABBEY ROAD (south side) 4/67 Ruins of St. 22.8.62 Radegund's Abbey (the uninhabited portions) GV II* Monastic ruins. C13. Rubble and ashlar, flint. At present forming the entrance gate-house and forecourt to St. Radegund's Farmhouse, the remains represent the cloister of the Premonstratensian Abbey of St. Radegund. Tower of 3 storeys, the topmost ruinous, of coursed flint, decorated with triangular ashlar blocks. Two large offset buttresses with central C16 red brick semi-circular arch, and 4 chamfered lights on first floor. Interior: tripartite plan, the side chambers with chamfered and moulded arches and springer for vaulting. Originally the tower of the church, set in re-entrant angle of nave and north transept. The earlier ashlar west wall of the north transept on left return of tower with responds of chapel and north chancel aisle arcade. Connecting wall from tower south to Farmhouse, with 4 openings, 2 blocked, with moulded and chamfered arches, originally shafted, with round capitals and water holding bases. These were the doorways to the chapter house, portions of which, and the adjoining south chapels of the church survive to the east of the connecting wall (cloister east wall). To south and east of the tower further portions of masonry survive, in part to full height, cut through especially c.1590, representing remains of nave of church with moulded doorway to tower and with the remains of cellarer's building and guesthouse, forming west range of cloister, with the north gable end of this range surviving full height, with lancets, and range of deep rere-arches to ground floor lancets along long wall. The standing buildings are surrounded by extensive earthworks, a scheduled Ancient Monument, with isolated blocks of masonry, the most extensive of which is a length of walling, about 30 metres north-east of the tower/gatehouse, about 6 feet high, running about 10 metres north- east, and returned about 30 metres south-east. (See B.O.E. Kent II 1983, 439-440; see also W. St. John Hope, Arch. Cant., 14, 1882). For history of Abbey see main entry on St. Radegund's Abbey Farmhouse.
Listing NGR: TR2764342124
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 178596
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Newman, J, The Buildings of England: North East and East Kent, (1983), 439-440
Archaeologia Cantiana in Archaeologia Cantiana, (1882)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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