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Cleeve Abbey, Remains of Cistercian Abbey of St Mary Covering About 28 Acres

A Grade I Listed Building in Old Cleeve, Somerset

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  • Cleeve Abbey: Cistercian Abbey gatehouse viewed from the approach

  • Cleeve Abbey: c13 gatehouse viewed from the interior; remodelled by Abbot Dovell (1507-1537); flanked by buttresses topped by figures; figure of Christ above

  • Cleeve Abbey: layout of the church on the standard Cistercian plan; founded 1198; six bay nave with circular piers

  • Cleeve Abbey: the cloister, south & west range

  • Cleeve Abbey: the cloister; east range of chapter house, parlour & dormitory (lit by lancets); south range of abbot's lodging & refectory hall

  • Cleeve Abbey: c15 refectory from the cloisters; five large three-light Perpendicular windows

  • Cleeve Abbey: c15 refectory from the outer south side showing large chimney

  • Cleeve Abbey: refectory dating from 1460s; built by Abbot Juyner (1437-1487); wide three-light cusped windows

  • Cleeve Abbey: c15 refectory roof

  • Cleeve Abbey: angel supporting wagon roof in the refectory, c15

  • Cleeve Abbey: mid c13 dormitory; stonework complete but reconstructed roof

  • Cleeve Abbey: chapter house undercroft; mid c13 vaulting & windows with plate tracery

  • Cleeve Abbey: Painted Chamber (c15) representing a man crossing a bridge from the Gesta Romanorum; man in centre flanked by lion & horned dragon

  • Cleeve Abbey: tiled floor set in the west end of the church south aisle

  • Cleeve Abbey: c13 tiled pavement of first refectory, similar to those at Clarendon House

  • Cleeve Abbey: close up of tiles from the c13 pavement; double headed eagle for Richard Earl of Cornwall (King of the Romans)

  • Cleeve Abbey: c13 tile from the new exhibition

  • Cleeve Abbey: c13 tile from the new exhibition

  • Cleeve Abbey: c15 Angel Corbel; angel holds a shield of the three lions

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Entry Name: Cleeve Abbey, Remains of Cistercian Abbey of St Mary Covering About 28 Acres

Listing Date: 22 May 1969

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1057579

English Heritage Legacy ID: 264814

ID on this website: 101057579

Location: Hungerford, Somerset, TA23

County: Somerset

District: Somerset West and Taunton

Civil Parish: Old Cleeve

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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