The Ruins of the Church of Grey Friars Monastery in the Grounds of Grey Friars is a Grade I listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1961. A 1310 - 20 circa Ruins.
The Ruins of the Church of Grey Friars Monastery in the Grounds of Grey Friars
- WRENN ID
- odd-stronghold-primrose
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye MP: Helena Dollimore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1961
- Type
- Ruins
- Address
- The Ruins of the Church of Grey Friars Monastery in the Grounds of Grey Friars, Friars Road, Icklesham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 906 170
- Coordinates
- 50.92185, 0.71057
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ruins of the Church of Grey Friars Monastery are located in the grounds of Grey Friars in Winchelsea. This scheduled Ancient Monument features the remains of the chancel of the church, which was built in the Decorated style around 1310 to 1320. The chancel consists of four bays, with a half-hexagonal east end that has three bays. Notable architectural elements include a fine pointed chancel arch at the west end and a window that retains some tracery. Additionally, there is a turret at the southwest angle.
Local climate
The Ruins of the Church of Grey Friars Monastery in the Grounds of Grey Friars receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings