Description

FISHBOURNE PARK ROAD,
1.
1577
BINSTEAD
Remains of Old
Quarr Abbey at
Quarr Abbey Farm
SZ 5692 1/95
SZ 59 SE 7/95 24.10.50.

II

2.
Quarr Abbey was a Cistercian foundation of 1131 but the remains are
scanty. The farmhouse is early C19 two storey probably of old stones.
Lancet windows grouped in threes below stepped gables. Ground floor
three lights with stone mullions to outer bays. The centre is slightly
recessed with corbelled parapet, double chamfered pointed arch to
doorway. Stepped gables to side and to rear which is considerably
taller, thecrown of gable raised up with cornice and pierced by
lancet. Below the gable to the North, the archway, linking the
farmhouse to the bam originally the cellarian, may be connected
with the West front of the church. The barn represents the West range
of the cloisters, and its entrance bay to the North has a group of
genuine C13 lancets reset. To the East and West: remains of the North
range, retaining part of the kitchen entrance and vertiges of its
interior, heavily chamfered hatch between kitchen and the South end of
the refectory. Of the refectory one shafted joint to the doorway and
one wall shaft of what must have been blank arcading, survive. Next to
the door a cupboard recess. Apart from this group little remains: to
the North a section of wall and an arch with continuous chamfer,
possibly part of the Abbot's lodging or a woodhouse. To the East a
fragment of wall and part of a fireplace with a square head and panelled
sides of the C14, a round headed North window. This was the infirmary
chapel.

Listing NGR: SZ5666092683

External Links

• Historic England Listing

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014