History in Structure

Rufford Abbey

A Grade I Listed Building in Rufford, Nottinghamshire

  • Rufford Abbey

  • Rufford Abbey

  • Rufford Abbey

  • Rufford Abbey

  • Rufford Abbey

  • Rufford Abbey in 1994

  • Rufford Abbey south aspect with clock tower and lantern

  • The Undercroft, Rufford Abbey

  • The south wing is operated as a restaurant. East aspect, Rufford Abbey

  • Cross mullioned window, south wing, Rufford Abbey

  • North aspect with domestic fireplaces, Rufford Abbey

  • A model of the former Rufford Abbey on display in the frater.

  • Dorter east aspect with putlog holes, Rufford

  • Possibly an alms door, Rufford Abbey

  • Undercroft with C13 vaulting on octagonal piers, Rufford Abbey.

  • Pseudo pier with pointed arch opening, C13 undercroft, Rufford Abbey

  • Blocked C13 undercroft doorway, apparently repaired C17, Rufford Abbey

  • Transverse chamber with groin vault and pointed arch doorways, C13 undercroft, Rufford Abbey.

  • Capped well, Undercroft, Rufford Abbey

  • Undercroft doorway. Remodelled, then blocked. Rufford Abbey

  • West wing refitted as frater (dining hall) for the lay brethren, Rufford Abbey

  • Arched bays at the north end of the frater, Rufford Abbey.

  • Undercroft refitted as C14 abbey dining hall, Rufford Abbey.

  • C19 fireplace, Undercroft, Rufford Abbey

  • Vaulting in the Frater, Rufford Abbey

  • North aspect, old buildings, Rufford Abbey

  • Rufford Abbey medieval part, from the library end

  • Stained oak lovers knot decoration from the C19 library, Rufford Abbey

  • C18 stained glass with heraldic decoration, Rufford Abbey

  • Stained glass from Rufford Abbey with heraldic decoration showing Lumley-Saunderson, Earl of Scarborough.

  • C18 Stained glass, Rufford Abbey

  • Repurposed C14 doorway, Rufford Abbey

  • Tall mullioned windows in the west wall, Rufford Abbey.

  • Clock tower and lantern seen from inside the west wing, Rufford Abbey

  • North wall, west wing, Rufford Abbey

  • Plaster 25mm thick, west wing, Rufford Abbey

  • Grotesque corbel, Rufford Abbey

  • Corbel, Rufford Abbey

  • Bridge and formal garden, Rufford Abbey

  • West aspect, Rufford Abbey medieval buldings

  • Rufford Abbey, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, November 2012

  • Rufford Abbey, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, November 2012

  • Rufford Abbey, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, November 2012

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Entry Name: Rufford Abbey

Listing Date: 18 March 1949

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1302352

English Heritage Legacy ID: 241928

ID on this website: 101302352

Location: Rufford Country Park, Rufford, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, NG22

County: Nottinghamshire

District: Newark and Sherwood

Civil Parish: Rufford

Built-Up Area: Rufford Country Park

Traditional County: Nottinghamshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Nottinghamshire

Church of England Parish: Wellow

Church of England Diocese: Southwell and Nottingham

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