© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Remains of Sibton Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in Suffolk in the mid-twelfth century, specifically around 1150 as a daughter house of Winchcombe Abbey in Gloucestershire. The site preserves fragmentary remains of the abbey buildings, including sections of stone and brick walls that testify to its medieval architectural development and subsequent phases of construction and alteration. Sibton Abbey flourished during the medieval period as a centre of monastic life until its dissolution during the reign of Henry VIII in the sixteenth century. The extant physical remains, though modest, represent an important archaeological record of Cistercian monastic organisation and building practice in East Anglia.
Remains of Sibton Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018327. View the official record →
Remains of Sibton Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in Suffolk in the mid-twelfth century, specifically around 1150 as a daughter house of Winchcombe Abbey in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018327.
Remains of Sibton 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 1018327.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including North Grange moated site (0.5 km), South Grange medieval monastic grange (1.4 km), Moat Farm moated site, 650m west of Goodwyns Farm (2.9 km).
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in Britain — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.
Research the area around Remains of Sibton Abbey