Remains of Barking Abbey and Old Churchyard Walls is a Grade II listed building in the Barking and Dagenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1954. Abbey ruins.
Remains of Barking Abbey and Old Churchyard Walls
- WRENN ID
- burning-basalt-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Constituency
- Barking MP: Nesil Caliskan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1954
- Type
- Abbey ruins
- Address
- Remains of Barking Abbey and Old Churchyard Walls, Broadway
- OS grid reference
- TQ 439 839
- Coordinates
- 51.53595, 0.07474
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of Barking Abbey and the old churchyard walls date from the 12th century and later. The general layout of the main building can still be discerned, with outer walls of the abbey church surviving in places to a height of several feet. Other parts of the abbey, including the cloisters, are indicated by restored footings. The churchyard walls are made of medieval stone or 16th-century brick, with later repairs. These ruins belong to one of the most significant nunneries in the country, founded in 666 AD by St Erkenwald, dissolved in 1539, and destroyed in 1541. The abbey was excavated in 1910.
Local climate
Remains of Barking Abbey and Old Churchyard Walls sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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