Remains of the Refectory at Monkton Farleigh Manor is a Grade I listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1962. Monastic ruins.
Remains of the Refectory at Monkton Farleigh Manor
- WRENN ID
- eternal-lead-foxglove
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 November 1962
- Type
- Monastic ruins
- Address
- Remains of the Refectory at Monkton Farleigh Manor, Monkton Farleigh Village
- OS grid reference
- ST 805 656
- Coordinates
- 51.38918, -2.28041
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of the refectory at Monkton Farleigh Manor are part of a Cluniac priory founded in 1125, with the refectory dating from the 13th century. The structure is made of rubble stone with ashlar dressings and features stone slate coping. It consists of a free-standing gable end wall from a larger building that extended to the south. On the north-facing side, there are two roll-moulded lancets with a string course that rises over the pointed heads, and the interior side facing south has deeply splayed reveals. Additionally, in a lean-to shed in the yard on the north side of this fragment, there is a collection of 12th and 13th-century architectural fragments, including a 12th-century tympanum with a scrolled design and three coffin lids featuring carvings of knights and a lady.
Local climate
Remains of the Refectory at Monkton Farleigh Manor receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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