Divine Retreat Centre, UK | |
Monastery information | |
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Order | Benedictine |
Established | 1856 |
Disestablished | 2010 |
Dedicated to | Augustine of Canterbury |
Diocese | Southwark |
People | |
Important associated figures | Edward Pugin Peter Paul Pugin |
Architecture | |
Status | Active |
Functional status | Retreat Centre |
Heritage designation | Grade I listed |
Architect | Edward Pugin Peter Paul Pugin |
Site | |
Coordinates | 51°19′43″N 1°24′37″E / 51.328644°N 1.410229°E |
St Augustine's Abbey or Ramsgate Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey in Ramsgate.[1] It was built in 1860 by Augustus Pugin and is a Grade II listed building. It was the first Benedictine monastery to be built in England since the Reformation.[2] In 2010, the monks moved to St Augustine's Abbey in Chilworth, Surrey. The site is now owned by the Vincentian Congregation from Kerala, India. The church of St Augustine, across the road from the abbey site, belongs to the Archdiocese of Southwark and is a shrine of St Augustine of Canterbury.