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Cleeve Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1198 in the parish of Washford, Somerset. The abbey was established as a daughter house of Boxley Abbey in Kent and developed into a significant religious community during the medieval period until its dissolution in 1536. The surviving remains include the refectory, with its fine stone pulpit, the abbot's lodging, and fragmentary walls of other ranges, which together demonstrate the architectural character of a substantial Cistercian establishment. The site reflects the typical planning and material wealth of West Country Cistercian houses, with the later medieval buildings showing the prosperity the house had achieved before the Reformation.
Cleeve Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014824. View the official record →
Cleeve Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1198 in the parish of Washford, Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014824.
Cleeve 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 1014824.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 260m north east of Ralegh's Cross Hotel (6.1 km), Ralegh's Cross (6.3 km), World War II pillbox 100m west of Ralegh's Cross Hotel (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cleeve 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.
Cleeve Abbey stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.