Sibton Abbey
| Sibton Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
 Ruins of Sibton Abbey |
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| location |
 United Kingdom England Suffolk
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| Coordinates: | 52 ° 16 '32 " N , 1 ° 27' 56" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
301 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1150 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1536 |
| Mother monastery | Warden Abbey |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
no |
Sibton Abbey (Sibetona) is a former Cistercian abbey in Peasenhall about 7 km north-northwest of Saxmundham in Suffolk in England and about 300 m north of the A1120 road. It was the only Cistercian monastery in East Anglia.
history
The monastery was founded in 1150 by William de Chesney (also known as William fitz Robert) as a subsidiary of Warden Abbey , the second subsidiary of Rievaulx Abbey , from the affiliation of Clairvaux Primary Abbey . The building history is not documented. The number of monks and lay brothers rose sharply in the 13th century. In 1536 the monastery, which was wealthy in Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Norwich , which, according to its fortune, would not have fallen under the first wave of abolitionism, was dissolved and sold by Abbot William Flatbury to the Duke of Norfolk. The facility now belongs to the Scrivener family.
Buildings and plant
Only small remains of the monastery have survived, which only allow incomplete reconstruction. However, the structure seems to have essentially corresponded to what is usual in Cistercian monasteries. The church, of which only the south wall of the south aisle has been preserved up to a height of around 4.50 m, was in the north, the enclosure south of it. The refectory was parallel to the south wing of the cloister and not, as is usually the case, at right angles to it. Its walls are still at a considerable height and reveal round windows. At the east end there is a large round arch. Between the lay brothers' wing in the west and the cloister - as is not unusual in the monasteries of the Clairvaux filiation - (cf. Eberbach monastery ; Arnsburg monastery , Stanley Abbey , Cleeve Abbey ) was a monastery lane.
Remarks
- ↑ cf. the sketch in New p. 356
literature
- Anthony New: A guide to the Abbeys of England and Wales. Constable & Company, London 1985, ISBN 0-09-463520-X , pp. 355-356.
