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Latitude: 54.9803 / 54°58'48"N
Longitude: -3.6186 / 3°37'7"W
OS Eastings: 296506
OS Northings: 566270
OS Grid: NX965662
Mapcode National: GBR 3B5V.CJ
Mapcode Global: WH5X3.D22W
Plus Code: 9C6RX9JJ+4G
Entry Name: New Abbey Village Sweetheart Abbey and Precinct Walls
Listing Date: 4 November 1971
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 351197
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB17304
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Sweetheart Abbey, abbey, precinct and walls
ID on this website: 200351197
Cistercian Abbey founded 10.4.1273 by Devorgilla Baliol.
Gothic. Church is roofless, though largely entire, having
6-bay nave with clerestory and aisles, transepts, unaisled
presbytery and massive square tower over crossing (parapet to
latter enclosing crow-stepped gables all additions).
Cloistral and attendant buildings demolished in 17th and 18th
centuries (cloister west gateway survives). Red Sandstone
ashlar. West end repaired and large window partly blocked
late 14th century. Door in windowless south aisle; only 2
bays remain of north aisle; nave clerestory windows within
semi-circular arches except 2 east bays; transepts project 1
bay beyond aisles, and both have eastern chapels (roof
vaulting survives at south); north transept has angle stair
turret, south transept gable has incomplete wheel window
arranged to abut cloistrol range. Presbytery with
geometric-traceried windows.
Some of high precinct wall survives to north and to east:
built of massive polygonal white granite blocks.
Guardianship Monument.
Sweetheart was the last Cistercian abbey to be founded in
Scotland; it was colonised from Dundrennan nearby.
Scheduled 24 January 2000.
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