Abbey Ruins

ABBEY RUINS, FAIR LANE

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Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1274121
Date first listed:
03-Aug-1961
Statutory Address:
ABBEY RUINS, FAIR LANE

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Date:
2002-06-23
Reference:
IOE01/07429/35
Rights:
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1274121
Date first listed:
03-Aug-1961
Date of most recent amendment:
05-Mar-1992
Statutory Address 1:
ABBEY RUINS, FAIR LANE

Location

Statutory Address:
ABBEY RUINS, FAIR LANE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
East Sussex
District:
Rother (District Authority)
Parish:
Salehurst and Robertsbridge
National Grid Reference:
TQ 75458 23825, TQ 75474 23836

Details

TQ 72 SE SALEHURST FAIR LANE Robertsbridge 13/708 (south side)

3.8.61 Abbey Ruins

II* (star)

Remains of Frater Cistercian Abbey of Robertsbridge founded by Alured and Alicia de St Martin in 1176. Buildings on present site started c1200. Ruins of a rectangular building of stone rubble with the remains of a pointed recess 3 round-headed windows, the Refectory or Frater of the Abbey. [See Jerrard Williamson " Abbey of Robert's Bridge"]

Listing NGR: TQ7546123825

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Legacy System:
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Williamson, J, Abbey of Roberts Bridge, ()

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Ordnance survey map of Abbey Ruins

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