Ruins of Chancel at Monks Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the Lincoln local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1953. Ruin.
Ruins of Chancel at Monks Abbey
- WRENN ID
- wild-rotunda-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lincoln
- Constituency
- Lincoln MP: Mr Hamish Falconer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 October 1953
- Type
- Ruin
- Address
- Ruins of Chancel at Monks Abbey, Monks Road
- OS grid reference
- SK 989 713
- Coordinates
- 53.22993, -0.51981
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ruins of the chancel at Monks Abbey, a cell of St Mary's Abbey in York, date from the 13th century and late 14th century. Currently, it stands as a roofless ruin. The structure is constructed from coursed rubble and dressed stone, featuring ashlar dressings. It has a chamfered plinth and quoins.
On the south side, there is a central rectangular light flanked by two 14th-century two-light pointed arched windows, which have ogee heads and panel tracery. The north side features a similar single lancet window. The east end includes a stepped string course and the remains of a similar lancet window. All the windows have splayed reveals and hoodmoulds. The south-west end has a filleted respond.
The chancel was repaired and consolidated in 1985 and 1990 and is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Ruins of Chancel at Monks Abbey receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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