St Mary's Abbey, Chapterhouse and Library is a Grade I listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1959. A Norman Chapterhouse and library. 2 related planning applications.

St Mary's Abbey, Chapterhouse and Library

WRENN ID
sheer-footing-azure
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Constituency
Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 1959
Type
Chapterhouse and library
Period
Norman
Address
St Mary's Abbey, Chapterhouse and Library, Swan Street, West Malling, ME19 6LP
OS grid reference
TQ 682 576
Coordinates
51.29335, 0.41232
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St Mary's Abbey, Chapterhouse and Library, is a historic building located in West Malling. It dates back to the Norman period and the 14th century, with a 19th-century roof and restoration in the 20th century. The structure is made of stone rubble and features corner buttresses. The east end has two stone arched windows, while the north front includes a blocked-in arch. The west front features a 20th-century bellcote and a blocked-in round-headed arch with three small pointed arched windows, one of which is set within the arch. On the ground floor, there is a round-headed arched doorway with a fragment of zigzag moulding as the keystone, along with a blocked round-headed doorway. The library has a four-centred arched door with mottoes in the spandrels and an unusual 19th-century roof of the arched brace type.

Local climate

St Mary's Abbey, Chapterhouse and Library 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 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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