Newenham Abbey
| Newenham Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
| location |
 United Kingdom England Devon |
| Coordinates: | 50 ° 46 ′ 30 ″ N , 3 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
643 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1247 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1539 |
| Mother monastery | Beaulieu Abbey |
| Primary Abbey | Citeaux monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
Newenham Abbey (Newhamium) is a former Cistercian abbey about 2 km southwest of Axminster in Devon , England , on a tributary of the Ax River.
history
The monastery was founded in 1247 by Reginald de Mohun, the Lord of Dunster (also known as the Earl of Somerset), and was a daughter of Beaulieu Abbey . So it belonged to the Filiation of Cîteaux . The church could be partially used in 1270 and the altar consecration took place in 1277. After initial economic difficulties, the situation of the monastery stabilized at the beginning of the 14th century. In 1349 twenty monks died of the plague. In the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1535 the annual income of the monastery was valued at 227 pounds. In 1539 the abbey was dissolved with the larger monasteries, whose goods the Duke of Suffolk received. After the abbey was dissolved, most of it was demolished. The earlier church is largely overbuilt by agricultural buildings. The farmhouse is roughly on the site of the converse wing of the enclosure. In 1980 a medieval barn south of the church was demolished.
Plant and buildings
The complex probably corresponded to the Bernardine plan with a cross-shaped church closed in a rectangular shape in the east and the enclosure adjoining this to the south with the chapter house in the east wing and the refectory adjoining the south wing to the south. Sparse remains of the wall are still preserved. Some floor tiles have ended up in the Rougemont House Museum in Exeter .
literature
- James Davidson: The History of Newenham Abbey in the County of Devon. Longman, London 1843.
- Anthony New: A guide to the Abbeys of England and Wales. Constable & Company, London 1985, ISBN 0-09-463520-X , pp. 280-282.