Listed Building: THE ABBEY GATEHOUSE (1258332)
Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 933, 13, 167 |
Date assigned | 14 May 1952 |
Date last amended |
Description
HIGH STREET 1. 5282 (North Side) Minster-on-Sea, Sheerness The Abbey Gatehouse TQ 97 SE 13/167 14.5.52.
GV 2. This gatehouse and the Abbey Church are the only remaining portions of Minster Abbey. C13. 3 storeys. 2 windows facing south, 1 window facing east. Stone and flints. Stringcourses. Castellated parapet of chequer work of stone and knapped flints. Modern casement windows, those on the south front on the 2nd floor being placed in mediaeval openings with 4-centred heads. 1 cinquefoil- headed lancet on the 2nd floor of the east front. Pointed carriage archway in the south-west corner, pointed pedestrian arch to the east of it. 3 cinquefoil- headed lancet windows on the north front with a chimney corbelled out between 2 of them on the 2nd floor. Pointed carriage archway on this side as wide as both the carriage and pedestrian archways of the south front together. Square projection in the north-east corner with pointed lancet windows.
Listing NGR: TQ9555272937
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 9556 7299 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ97SE |
Civil Parish | MINSTER-ON-SEA, SWALE, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 15 2006 6:00PM