Quarr Abbey

Quarr Abbey is a Benedictine abbey and former Cistercian monastery in England. The abbey is now part of the Congregation of Solesmes.

Location

The monastery is located in Quarr on the north side of the Isle of Wight about 3 km west of Ryde and 400 m north of the road to Newport Parish in Fishbourne

History

Baldwin de Redvers in 1131, the Earl of Devon, the monastery, which was settled in 1132 under Abbot Gervase donated. It belonged to the Congregation of Savigny monastery and joined this congregation in 1147 the Cistercian order, namely the filiation of Clairvaux Abbey Primary, at. It was built in 1151, the daughter of Stanley Abbey monastery and in 1278 the other daughter monastery Buckland Abbey. The name of the monastery is derived from the term quarry ( quarry ). Due to its coastal location, the abbey had to deal with pirates. Quarr Abbey quarreled with the French Abbey of La Vieille -Lyre in the late 13th century to the churches and land owned by St George. 1365 a stone fortification was built. 1535 the annual net income in the Valor Ecclesiasticus was estimated at 134 pounds. The monastery, which never came to wealth, was drafted in 1536 by the Crown with the smaller monasteries, and then by a merchant of Southampton, John Mills, acquired, which made it quick largely cancel. The demolition material was used to secure the nearby towns of Cowes and Yarmouth, as well as for the construction of Quarr Abbey House.

In 1901, nearly moved the entire Benedictine Abbey of Solesmes in the Sarthe in France after Appuldurcombe House on the Isle of Wight. 1907 Quarr Abbey House was purchased and the Benedictines moved there. The reconstruction was completed in 1912. 1922 moved back to the community by Solesmes, but remained a small community in Quarr, that was a priory at first and in 1937 became an abbey, which is now occupied entirely by English monks.

Plant and buildings

From the old abbey only small remnants have been preserved. The Konversenflügel the exam in the West was converted into a barn (now part of Old Abbey Farm ). Some other remnants of walls have been preserved, including remnants of the kitchen. Excavations in 1891, let the plan of the monastery recognize ( Church in the form of a Latin cross in the south with rectangular choir, transept, each with three side chapels on the east side, regular exam in the north ( left) of the church, refectory in the north, on the east side three other farms ). Thanks to the former church leads a public way. One of the bells of the abbey is located near the Church of Binstead.