Abbey Ruins is a Grade II* listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1961. A C12 Abbey ruins.
Abbey Ruins
- WRENN ID
- night-quoin-auburn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1961
- Type
- Abbey ruins
- Address
- Abbey Ruins, Fair Lane, Salehurst and Robertsbridge
- OS grid reference
- TQ 754 238
- Coordinates
- 50.98709, 0.49854
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Abbey Ruins are the remains of the Frater Cistercian Abbey of Robertsbridge, which was founded by Alured and Alicia de St Martin in 1176. The buildings on the current site began around 1200. The ruins consist of a rectangular structure made of stone rubble, featuring the remains of a pointed recess and three round-headed windows, which are part of the Refectory or Frater of the Abbey.
Local climate
Abbey Ruins receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% 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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