Abbey Ruins

TUPHOLME ABBEY FARM TF 16 NE 5/60 Abbey Ruins 14-9-66 I Abbey ruins belonging to Premonstratensian Order. Founded 1155- 1166. The standing remains date to C12 and mid C13. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings. The southern wall of the canons' Refectory stands almost to eaves level for a stretch of 75 feet (23 m). It is single storey with a cellar basement below. 5 tall lancet windows of mid C13 date survive together with part of a sixth. Beneath are the remains of the cellars with broken vaulting, 5 small windows with rebates for shutters and a low arched doorway. Beyond to the east is the rare survival of a Reader's Pulpit from which one of the canons would read to his brethren at meal times. The pulpit is wider than the wall and so stands on a bay which projects to both north and south. The door by which the pulpit was entered survives together with the adjacent trefoil headed window, separated from the doorway by 2 annular shafts. The reader's seat remains and the pair of lancets which lit the pulpit. Further east again is a single bay containing a C12 round headed single light. Apart from this standing wall extensive earthworks can be clearly seen on the site which is scheduled as an Ancient Monument. Source: Lincolnshire Museums Information Sheet Archaeology Series No.10.

Listing NGR: TF1441868200