Newminster Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1950. A Medieval Abbey, ruins.
Newminster Abbey
- WRENN ID
- tired-wicket-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1950
- Type
- Abbey, ruins
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Newminster Abbey, Mitford Road, Morpeth
- OS grid reference
- NZ 189 858
- Coordinates
- 55.1664, -1.70442
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Newminster Abbey is the ruin of a Cistercian Abbey founded in 1137, with most visible remains dating from around 1180. The structure is built from sandstone.
Significant portions of the cloister have been re-erected, featuring pointed and round arches supported by paired slender columns with waterleaf capitals. To the east, the doorway to the chapter house has also been re-erected, showcasing a round arch with two orders of columns and waterleaf capitals.
To the north, the remains of the church include parts of a large north window and a section of a 15th-century screen with cinquefoil heads to the lights, located in the north transept. Numerous other fragments are scattered around, along with the footings of many walls. The 13th-century tiled floor of the Abbot's chapel was not exposed at the time of the survey.
Newminster Abbey is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Newminster Abbey receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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