Monastery of St Paul Ruins of Jarrow Monastery is a Grade I listed building in the South Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 1949. Monastery.
Monastery of St Paul Ruins of Jarrow Monastery
- WRENN ID
- ragged-thatch-hyssop
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Tyneside
- Constituency
- Jarrow and Gateshead East MP: Kate Osborne (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 January 1949
- Type
- Monastery
- Address
- Monastery of St Paul Ruins of Jarrow Monastery, Church Bank
- OS grid reference
- NZ 338 651
- Coordinates
- 54.98011, -1.47218
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ruins of Jarrow Monastery, also known as the Monastery of St Paul, are a Grade I scheduled ancient monument located on the east side of Church Bank in Jarrow. The remains include a post-Norman west range, a possibly 13th-century south range, and a post-Reformation addition to the north-west of the south range. Originally built as a Benedictine house, the structure is made of sandstone blocks and has a square plan, with the church of St Paul forming the north range. The east range retains only part of the undercroft of the reredorter. The south range features a wall with one round-headed opening, while the west range has a high wall with two doors; two slabs create the triangular head of the southernmost door, and recessed free-standing columns support the round head of the other door. Excavations have uncovered the plans of earlier buildings, which are marked out on the ground.
Local climate
Monastery of St Paul Ruins of Jarrow Monastery receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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