Louth Abbey Ruins Keddington, England

Listed Building Data

Louth Abbey Ruins 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
1063050
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
I
Date Listed
9 March 1967
Name
LOUTH ABBEY RUINS
Location
LOUTH ABBEY RUINS, SOUTH COCKERINGTON ROAD
Parish
Keddington
District
East Lindsey
County
Lincolnshire
Grid Reference
TF 35487 88565
Easting
535487.0000
Northing
388565.0000

Listed Building Description

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KEDDINGTON SOUTH COCKERINGTON TF 38 NE ROAD (south side) 8/34 Louth Abbey Ruins 9.3.67 G.V. I

Abbey ruins with fragments of north and south walls of chancel of cruciform church, above ground; and grass covered outline of rest of church with cloister, chapter house, undercroft, dormitories, kitchen etc. to south. Late C12, mid C13. Uncoursed limestone rubble, coursed greenstone blocks, some limestone ashlar. Irregularly shaped limestone rubble core of south wall of chancel with several feet of coursed greenstone blocks on north side; freestanding, reaching approximately 15 feet at highest point. Lower limestone rubble wall remains of north wall with plinth of buttress to north-west. Part of ashlar plinth extends to north and east defining eastern limit of chancel. Late C12 simply scalloped capital of respond or attached shaft lies in grass in south transept. Several late C12 ashlar fragments in north-west of nave, several with chamfered corners, simple roll moulded respond sections and 2 no. sections with small rolls separated by straight moulding. First colonisation of first Cistercian Foundation in the country at Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire. Sources: Lincoln Diocesan Architectural Society. Volume 12. 1873 Louth Park Abbey. E Venables pp.41-55. The Architectural Remains at Louth Park Abbey E. Trollope, p.p. 22-25.

Listing NGR: TF3548788565