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Buildwas Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1135 in the Severn valley near Ironbridge in Shropshire. The abbey was established as a daughter house of Furness Abbey in Lancashire and flourished as a centre of monastic life and land management throughout the medieval period until its dissolution in 1536. The surviving remains include substantial sections of the church, the chapter house, and other claustral buildings, which demonstrate the characteristic architectural layout of a Cistercian community. The site, now in the care of English Heritage, preserves important evidence of twelfth-century stone construction and the physical organisation of monastic space in the English Midlands.
Buildwas Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015813. View the official record →
Buildwas Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1135 in the Severn valley near Ironbridge in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015813.
Buildwas Abbey is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015813.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site at Whitwell (3 km), The Iron Bridge (3.2 km), Bedlam Furnaces (3.8 km).
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