St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate

St Augustine's Abbey
Divine Retreat Centre, UK
St Augustine's Church, St Edward's Presbytery, and the gate of The Grange: opposite the abbey site
St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate is located in Kent
St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate
Location within Kent
Monastery information
OrderBenedictine
Established1856
Disestablished2010
Dedicated toAugustine of Canterbury
DioceseSouthwark
People
Important associated figuresEdward Pugin
Peter Paul Pugin
Architecture
StatusActive
Functional statusRetreat Centre
Heritage designationGrade I listed
ArchitectEdward Pugin
Peter Paul Pugin
Site
Coordinates51°19′43″N 1°24′37″E / 51.328644°N 1.410229°E / 51.328644; 1.410229

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.

  1. ^ "Ramsgate treasures saved for church". Catholic Herald. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  2. ^ Benedictines to sell church treasures worth £100,000 from Catholic Herald retrieved 25 February 2014