THE ABBEY CHURCH OF ST MARY AND ST SEXBURGA
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1273489
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jun-1963
- Statutory Address:
- THE ABBEY CHURCH OF ST MARY AND ST SEXBURGA, HIGH STREET
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE ABBEY CHURCH OF ST MARY AND ST SEXBURGA, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Swale (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Minster-on-Sea
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 95607 72985
Details
1.
5282 HIGH ~REET
(North Side)
Minster-on-Sea, Sheerness
The Abbey Church of
St Mary and St Sexburga
TQ 97 SE 13/168 27.6.63.
A GV
A large building in flint and rubble. A nunnery was founded here. It was burned by the Danes in 855 and rebuilt by Archbishop Corbeuil between 1123 and 1136. It was dissolved in 1539. There remain the conventual and parochial churches standing side by side, the north chancel and nave having been the conventual church and the south chancel and nave the parish church, in the
Early English style, with a tower at the west end of the north nave and a south porch. The north half is the oldest portion of the building, with considerable Saxon remains, but the bulk of the building dates from the C13. The tower
was added in the C15 but not completed and has a modern wood belfry. The east end of the north chancel dates from 1581, when St Katherine's Chapel beyond it was demolished. The south porch dates from 1879-81, when the whole church was restored from ruins by Christian. Late C14 screen. C12 column sculpture of the Virgin and Child. Monuments of the C14 and C15.
Revision Number: 2
HIGH STREET
1.
5282
(North Side)
lfinster-on-Sea, Sheerness
The Abbey Church of
St Mary and St Sexburga
TQ 97 SE 13/168 27.6.63.
GV
2.
A large building in flint and rubble. A nunnery was founded here. It was
burned by the Danes in 855 and rebuilt by Archbishop Corbeuil between 1123
and 1136. It was dissolved in 1539. There remain the conventual and parochial
churches standing side by side, the north chancel and nave having been the
conventual church and the south chancel and nave the parish church, in the
Early English style, with a tower at the west end of the north nave and a south
porch. The north half is the oldest portion of the building, with considerable
Saxon remains, but the bulk of the building dates from the C13. The tower
was added in the C15 but not completed and has a modern wood belfry. The east
end of the north chancel dates from 1581, when St Katherine's Chapel beyond
it was demolished. The south porch dates from 1879-81, when the whole church
was restored from ruins by Christian. Late C14 screen. C12 column sculpture
of the Virgin and Child. Monuments of the C14 and C15.
Listing NGR: TQ9555272937
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 444803
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
