Monument record TR 15 NE 249 - St augustine's abbey lady chapel

Summary

The Lady Chapel is located at the east end of the central chapel of St Augustine's Church apse but deviates from the main alignment of the apse by about 5 degrees to the north. It survives only as a set of foundations and crypt walls probably relating to two buildings. The first of these buildings was probably a rectangular chapel of five bays with a crypt below and is thought to date from early to mid 15th century. In the late 15th/early 16th century the chapel was rebuilt. This was narrower than the original building with two small projecting side chapels all constructed of large ashlar blocks. This chapel may have been built by Robert Vertue for Abbot Dygon whose tomb was found in the centre of the crypt of the new chapel.

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Grid reference TR 1552 5774 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR15NE
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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<1> Arch Cant 25 1902 242-3 plan (C Routledge) (OS Card Reference). SKE34882.

<2> Arch Cant 35 1921 120 121 (RU Potts) (OS Card Reference). SKE35033.

<3> Md Arch 22 1978 plan facing p30 (A Saunders) (OS Card Reference). SKE46625.

<4> St Augustine's Abbey DOE Handbook 1955 20 (A Clapham) (OS Card Reference). SKE49556.

<5> St Augustine's Abbey and the Royal Palace CAT leaflet Dec 1984 plan (T Tatton Brown M Sparks) (OS Card Reference). SKE49543.

<6> Arch Cant 100 1984 184 (T Tatton Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE34532.

<7> Arch Cant 1984 336 344 (M Sparks) (OS Card Reference). SKE34802.

<8> St Augustine's Abbey Rpt of Excavs 1960-78 (OS Card Reference). SKE49584.

<9> St Augustine's Abbey Eng Heritage Handbook 1988 23 31 plan (M Sparks) (OS Card Reference). SKE49571.

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  • <1> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 25 1902 242-3 plan (C Routledge).
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 35 1921 120 121 (RU Potts).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Md Arch 22 1978 plan facing p30 (A Saunders).
  • <4> OS Card Reference: St Augustine's Abbey DOE Handbook 1955 20 (A Clapham).
  • <5> OS Card Reference: St Augustine's Abbey and the Royal Palace CAT leaflet Dec 1984 plan (T Tatton Brown M Sparks).
  • <6>XY OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 100 1984 184 (T Tatton Brown). [Mapped feature: #43526 Chapel, ]
  • <7> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 1984 336 344 (M Sparks).
  • <8> OS Card Reference: St Augustine's Abbey Rpt of Excavs 1960-78.
  • <9> OS Card Reference: St Augustine's Abbey Eng Heritage Handbook 1988 23 31 plan (M Sparks).

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  • Intrusive Event: ST AUGUSTINE'S ABBEY:LADY CHAPEL (Ref: EI 15562) (EKE4773)

Record last edited

Jan 11 2022 6:16PM