Listed Building record TR 34 NW 288 - LANGDON ABBEY

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1100 to 1700 Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1189 and dissolved in 1535. The abbey buildings survive partly as ruins incorporated within a later house built in red brick in the 1590s. Elsewhere the abbey survives in buried form. Excavations revealed the church to be aisled throughout its length, with a chapel to the North, but without transepts. The claustral range lay to the South, the chapter house, refectory, and slype being excavated. The infirmary lay to the East of the claustral range.There are two associated fishponds. Scheduled.

Location

Grid reference TR 32634 46960 (point)
Map sheet TR34NW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish LANGDON, DOVER, KENT

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<1> OS 25" 1957 (OS Card Reference). SKE48272.

<2> Medieval Religious Houses England and Wales 1953 166 (Knowles and Hadcock) (OS Card Reference). SKE46868.

<3> Arch Cant 15 1883 59-67 (WH St John Hope) (OS Card Reference). SKE34737.

<4> MHLG (2045/11/A) September 1960 24-5 (OS Card Reference). SKE46980.

<5> F1 ASP 20-MAY-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42209.

<6> Medieval Religious Houses England and Wales 1971 185 189-90 (D Knowles and RA Hadcock) (OS Card Reference). SKE46870.

<7> VCH Kent 2 1926 169-172 (RC Fowler) (OS Card Reference). SKE50954.

<8> Arch Cant 76 1961 lvii (WC Harrison) (OS Card Reference). SKE35602.

<9> Arch 73 1922-23 132 139 plan (AW Clapham) (OS Card Reference). SKE34448.

<10> DOE(HHR) District of Dover 1987 13 (OS Card Reference). SKE41134.

<11> The Buildings of England North East and East Kent 1983 369 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE50189.

<12> Tanner's Notitia Monastica 1787 Kent 31 (Naismith) (OS Card Reference). SKE49806.

<13> English Monastories 1925 64 67 148 (AH Thompson) (OS Card Reference). SKE41654.

<14> Field report for monument TR 34 NW 7 - May, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5931.

<15> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1997, A Watching Brief at West Langdon Abbey, near Dover (Unpublished document). SKE7191.

<16> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources/Archives (16)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 25" 1957.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Medieval Religious Houses England and Wales 1953 166 (Knowles and Hadcock).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 15 1883 59-67 (WH St John Hope).
  • <4> OS Card Reference: MHLG (2045/11/A) September 1960 24-5.
  • <5> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 20-MAY-64.
  • <6> OS Card Reference: Medieval Religious Houses England and Wales 1971 185 189-90 (D Knowles and RA Hadcock).
  • <7> OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 2 1926 169-172 (RC Fowler).
  • <8> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 76 1961 lvii (WC Harrison).
  • <9> OS Card Reference: Arch 73 1922-23 132 139 plan (AW Clapham).
  • <10> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) District of Dover 1987 13.
  • <11> OS Card Reference: The Buildings of England North East and East Kent 1983 369 (J Newman).
  • <12> OS Card Reference: Tanner's Notitia Monastica 1787 Kent 31 (Naismith).
  • <13> OS Card Reference: English Monastories 1925 64 67 148 (AH Thompson).
  • <14> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 34 NW 7 - May, 1964.
  • <15> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1997. A Watching Brief at West Langdon Abbey, near Dover.
  • <16>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #25537 Langdon Abbey, ]

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  • Intrusive Event: Watching Brief at West Langdon Abbey, near Dover (EKE5308)
  • Intrusive Event: WEST LANGDON ABBEY (Ref: EI 15048) (EKE4015)
  • Intrusive Event: WEST LANGDON ABBEY, 1882 (Ref: EI 15047) (EKE4014)

Record last edited

Feb 9 2023 12:57PM