Coverham Abbey Ruins is a Grade I listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1967. A 13th century Monastic ruins. 2 related planning applications.
Coverham Abbey Ruins
- WRENN ID
- weathered-basalt-candle
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1967
- Type
- Monastic ruins
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SE 18 NW COVERHAM WITH AGGLETHORPE COVERHAM ABBEY
10/14 Coverham Abbey Ruins 13/2/67 (Formerly listed as Premonstratension Abbey Ruins) GV I
Ruins of Premonstratensian abbey. C13 and C14. Rubble faced with ashlar. Four sections of the abbey church survive not incorporated into existing buildings. 1: C13 west wall of north transept, with roll top to plinth on outside, pierced by 2 lancet windows with hollow and roll mouldings. 2: C13 west wall of north aisle and nave, with the west doorway of the north aisle, a small pointed-arched opening with a roll moulding on the chamfer. 3: 2 C14 arches of the south nave arcade, with 3 filleted quatrefoil-plan piers, and arches of 2 deep orders with a wave moulding on the chamfers. 4: C14 south respond of the east nave arch, and part of the west wall of the south transept. The abbey was moved from Swainby c.1202, and damaged by Scottish incursions 1331-32. Scheduled as an Ancient Monument. Coverham Abbey guide book on sale at adjacent nursery, and VCH i, pp. 215-8.
Listing NGR: SE1060286397
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