The partial remains of a small medieval Gilbertine monastery situated on the River Idle in peaceful Nottinghamshire countryside. The Gilbertines were the only completely English order of monks, and Mattersey is ome of the few examples of a Gilbertine monastic site. The remains include parts of the church, a 15th century tower, the 13th century refectory and priory kitchen.
Mattersey,
Nottinghamshire,
England
A rare fortified monastery founded by the Augustinan order in 1229. The site was moated and a gate tower added in the late 13th or early 14th century, probably in anticipation of a French attack. There is a reconstructed Physic Garden in the grounds, and a reconstruction of a cloister garden.
Upper Dicker,
Near Hailsham,
East Sussex,
England,
BN27 3QS
A very complete medieval monastic site located on the outskirts of Barnsley, home of a 12th century Cluniac priory. Monk Bretton was established around 1154 by Adam Fitz Swane, as a daughter house of St John's in Pontefract. However, in 1281 the monks quarrelled and Monk Bretton seperated from the Cluniac order to become a Benedictine priory instead!
Barnsley,
Yorkshire,
England
This 12th-century Augustinian priory was converted into a private house after the Dissolution and still retains the spring or 'font' from which its name is derived. The abbey contains a drawing-room decorated by Rex Whistler and Derek Hill's 20th-century picture collection but the key attraction is the grounds with magnificent trees, walled gardens and the National Collection of Old-fashioned Roses. The estate includes Mottisfont village and surrounding farmland and woods.
Mottisfont,
Romsey,
Hampshire,
England,
SO51 0LP
Ruins of a 14th century Carthusian priory. Note the austere furnishings and isolated individual cells that kept the monks living as hermits within the larger community. Small herb garden.
Staddle Bridge,
Osmotherley,
Northallerton,
Yorkshire,
England,
DL6 3JG
Surviving of this Benedictine abbey are the foundations and cloister ruins, as well as the abbot's lodging which survived the Reformation as a farmhouse. Two-storey monk's lavatory.
Muchelney,
Langport,
Somerset,
England,
TA10 0DQ
Ruins of a Cistercian abbey built in 1239. Netley Abbey was founded by Peter des Roche, Bishop of Winchester, as a daughter house of Beaulieu Abbey. It was built under the patronage of Henry III, whose name is inscribed on a foundation stone at the base of the north east crossing tower.
Netley,
Southampton,
Hampshire,
England
Pershore Abbey was one of the largest abbeys in Britain, larger even than Worcester Cathedral. The abbey itself was destroyed in the Reformation, but the local inhabitants saved the church from destruction by purchasing it for their own use.
Pershore,
Worcestershire,
England
During the medieval period Ramsey Abbey was one of the most prestigious in East Anglia. The ruined 15th century gatehouse of the abbey contains superb carvings and an ornate oriel window.
Abbey School,
Ramsey,
Huntingdon,
Cambridgeshire,
England,
PE17 1DH
Once the largest and most important monastery in England. Rievaulx (a Norman mangling of "Rye Vallis") is set in beautiful woodlands. The best preserved building is the church, particularly the east end, fully three stories in height, showing off Early English flying butresses.
Rievaulx,
Helmsley,
Yorkshire,
England,
YO62 5LB
A 12th century Cistercian monastery in a lovely valley setting. The abbey stands in 18th century parkland designed by famed landscape gardener Capability Brown. Roche Abbey has one of the best preserved ground-plans of any Cistercian monastic site, enabling you to readily see the layout of the abbey buildings.
Maltby,
Yorkshire,
England,
S66 8NW
The partial remains of a 12th century Cistercian abbey, incorporated into a 17th century mansion. The abbey and masion stand within Rufford Country Park. The abbey was founded in 1146. Unusually, the monastic buildings were complete by 1170 and remained practically unaltered until the abbey was suppressed by Henry VIII in 1537.
Rufford,
Nottinghamshire,
England
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