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Kenilworth Abbey is a medieval Benedictine monastery founded in the early twelfth century in Warwickshire. The abbey was established around 1120 and developed into a substantial religious house with significant landholdings across the region, though it remained modest in scale compared to some of England's larger abbeys. The surviving remains, now managed as a heritage site, include substantial stone structures from the medieval period, particularly elements of the monastic buildings and the impressive red sandstone ruins that testify to the abbey's architectural ambitions. The monastery was dissolved during Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s, after which the site underwent gradual decay, though some structures were incorporated into subsequent domestic occupation.
Kenilworth Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021079. View the official record →
Kenilworth Abbey is a medieval Benedictine monastery founded in the early twelfth century in Warwickshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021079.
Kenilworth 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 1021079.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman settlement at Glasshouse Wood (2.7 km), Wedgnock Park pale, dam, two watermill sites, bridge and hollow way 200m north east of Goodrest Farm (3.3 km), Goodrest Lodge: a double moated site with fishponds (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Kenilworth Abbey's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Kenilworth Abbey stands on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is siltstone and sandstone with subordinate mudstone.