Battle Abbey Battle, England
Listed Building Data
Battle Abbey has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1352861
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 3 August 1961
- Name
- THE RUINS OF BATTLE ABBEY
- Location
- THE RUINS OF BATTLE ABBEY, HIGH STREET
- Parish
- Battle
- District
- Rother
- County
- East Sussex
- Grid Reference
- TQ 75006 15727
- Easting
- 575006.0340
- Northing
- 115726.9350
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
TQ 7415-7515 BATTLE HIGH STREET (south west side)
41/1 The Ruins of Battle Abbey 3.8.61 (formerly listed as Battle Abbey) GV I
Of the portions of the abbey above ground the principal buildings dated from C13. These are:- (a) the Dormitory. This was on the first floor with three vaulted rooms below it. Stone rubble. Lancet windows. Buttresses. (b) the Guest house to the south west. Eight barrel-vaulted chambers with buttresses on the south side along the terrace, with rooms over. Stone rubble. Lancet windows. At the west end are two tall octagonal turrets which were built by Sir Anthony Browne in the C16 after the dissolution, when, as Guardian of the Princess Elizabeth he was preparing a lodging for her at the Abbey, though she never came. The Abbey was founded by William the Conqueror in 1087 on the site of the battle of Hastings. The high altar of the abbey church was erected on the spot where King Harold fell. Of the abbey church there are practically no remains above ground, but the founda- tions have been excavated and those at the east end are marked out. Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Listing NGR: TQ7500715726
