St Radegund's Abbey, Poulton

Heritage listing

Details This record was the subject of a minor enhancement on 15 December 2014. The record has been generated from an "old county number" (OCN) scheduling record. These are monuments that were not reviewed under the Monuments Protection Programme and are some of our oldest designation records. The monument includes a Premonstratensian abbey surviving as upstanding remains, earthworks and below ground remains. It is situated on the summit of a ridge north-west of Dover. The upstanding remains are centred on the cloister of the abbey, much of the walls of which survive, and largely date to the late 12th or 13th century. They currently form the entrance gatehouse and forecourt to St Radegund’s Farmhouse. The abbey is built of flint, stone rubble and ashlar with later alterations in red brick. The cloister is rectangular in plan and about 22m long by 21.5m wide. On the north side is the nave of the church, which survives as upstanding remains. Internally it is about 56m long and 7.5m wide although the width across the transept is about 30m. Between the angle of the nave and north transept is a tower. It is built of coursed flint decorated with triangular ashlar blocks. The north wall is supported by two large buttresses between which is a 16th century red brick semi-circular arch and chamfered window lights. Within the interior are chamfered and moulded arches and springers for vaulting. To the east are the buried remains of a large part of the abbey church including the north and south transept, and the chancel. The chancel includes a presbytery, flanked by aisles and side chapels, with a lady chapel at the east end. The east wall of the cloister forms the west wall of the south transept and the west wall of the chapter house. It includes four openings, two of which are bl

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.