St Augustine's Abbey

St Augustine's Abbey is a monastery dating from 1895, designed by F. A. Walters in a restrained Late Gothic style. It is constructed of snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings and plain tiled roofs, incorporating some flint chequerwork in the gables. The abbey comprises four ranges arranged around a central courtyard, including three dormitory ranges and a church to the north.

The east range features a dormitory block on the left and the east end of the church on the right. A single-storey projection to the left has a simple mullioned window. The upper floor has three two-light windows, and below is one arched window. The large east window of the church is in the Perpendicular style, featuring a hood moulding and hexagonal panels between two banks of four arched lights, with two single-light openings below. A pentice extension covers the ground floor to the right of the chapel, with two two-light windows above and two below. A gabled porch is located to the left of centre on the dormitory range, with a two-light window and steps leading to the door on the flank wall.

The south range has a half-hipped roof that steps down to the left, with an offset front stack and a continuous string course extending to the right along a projecting block. Three narrow rectangular openings are visible to the right. The range has seven first-floor windows, one two-light window on the left, and six ground-floor windows, most of which are arched with Y tracery. A parallel, projecting block to the left has two small openings on each floor. Three first-floor windows are visible in the main range to the left of the extension, with one window below.

The west range has three gabled dormers. The range has six first-floor windows, five ground-floor openings, and an attic window in a projecting gable to the right, with two first-floor and one ground-floor window.

The north range houses the church, which has a cruciform plan and a gabled tower to the east at the crossing. A pentice aisle extends to the north, and a north chancel chapel features a battlemented parapet. Tall, gabled, shallow transepts flank the tower. There is Perpendicular-style fenestration, including five three-light clerestory windows under a continuous hood moulding, alternating with buttresses on the north side. Three two-light Y tracery arched windows are located in aisle chapels below, also alternating with buttresses. Two windows are on the north side, one window on the east and west sides of the chancel chapel, all over a tall basement under a string course. A gabled porch to the west has an ashlared door surround with impost strings and a chamfered surround, leading to a panelled door approached by a flight of steps.

The church interior has a wood block floor. Three small chapels are located to the north, with moulded surrounds. A gallery runs across the west end. A tall chancel arch is flanked by canopied figures in a triptych form—St. Francis flanked by Angels on one side, and the Madonna and Child on the other, all with crocketed canopies above. A rood screen and organ are situated within the arch. The chancel roof is flat, with "sunburst" bosses to the panels. A large, canopied, and crocketed reredos is present, along with an alabaster and marble altar.