Summary
Above ground remains of monastic buildings immediately south of the mansion exposed following bank removal in 1905 and now stand as garden feature. Includes elements of chapter house and dorter.
Identification Images (5)
Monument Types
- MONASTIC PRECINCT (Medieval to Late 16th C - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
Description
Remains of chapter house. Early C16. Flint with brick and stone dressings and stone column. Wall stands 1m high facing house with near one end opening with brick dressings, near other wall deepens with stone dressings to corners of square 2 x 2m. Much covered by ivy. Portion of column lies to South.
These were exposed during alterations to the house by Mrs Vaudrey c. 1905. Elements including two pillars have been re-located to eastern entrance to mansion. They are distinguished in this listing from the priory remains incorporated in the mansion because the HE listing lists the chapter house ruins separately from the rest of the priory remains. The name 'Mottisfont Abbey' came into being in C19 and erroneously refers to the mansion. The monastic site was not an abbey but a priory.
As well as the chapter house ruins now relocated there are the slight remains of the dortor range to the south. Other walls can be seen as parch marks in dry summers.
Documentary sources:
HRO 13M63/420, 1724 map of estate; HRO 21M65/F7/164/1-2 tithe map & award; OS 6" plan (sheet 48; 1871 ed); HRO 13M63/3, c. 1340 rental of priory estates (with description of precinct); HRO 13M63/420, map of Mottisfont, 1724; HRO 13M63/426-439 various documents relating to alterations to house and grounds, late 19th century-1940s; HRO 13M63/446 Extensive collection of photographs of house and grounds, late 19th century-1950s.
Recommendations:
Recommendations applicable to structures within the garden should be taken from that for buildings/structures in general.
The site of the monastic buildings are probably the most important buried archaeological site on the estate, and an archaeological presence should be maintained for any ground disturbance in this area. The management should request advice from the archaeological advisers in the Estate Advisory Office for any work in this area over and above normal maintenance. (1)
References
- SNA64148 - Report: Mark Samuels, Architectural Archaeology. August 2009. Mottisfont Abbey, The Architectural Fragments, A brief description with Recommendations for Display.
- SNA64963 - Report: CKC Currie. July 1999. An archaeological and historical landscape survey of the Mottisfont Abbey Estate.
- SNA64964 - Computer Generated Plot/Plan: 1997. Mottisfont Abbey - Survey 1996.
- SNA64966 - Report: Jacqueline McKinley. March 1995. Mottisfont Abbey Human Bone Publication and Archive Reports.
- SNA65622 - Report: Stratascan. Nov 2008. Geophysical Survey Report, Mottisfont Abbey, for Atkins Heritage.
- SNA65827 - Digital Image: Gary Marshall. 1/8/2014. Photos taken of parch marks on the main lawn at Mottisfont Abbey.
- SNA65828 - Digital Image: Gary Marshall. 1/8/2014. Photos taken of flint wall on the west side of the main lawn at Mottisfont Abbey.
- SNA66764 - Digital Image: Gary Marshall. 2016. Photographs taken of pipe trench for biomass boiler at Mottisfont Abbey.
- SNA66783 - Digital Image: Gary Marshall. 17/10/2016. Photographs taken of turf strip for new paths at Mottisfont Abbey.
- SNA66885 - Report: Wessex Archaeology. Jan 2017. Mottisfont biomass project, Mottisfont, Hampshire, archaeological watching brief report.
- SNA67232 - Article in serial: William Dale. 1907. Notes on Mottisfont Priory.
- SNA67647 - Digital Image: Catherine Hadler. 3/7/2018. Photos of parch marks on the south lawn at Mottisfont Abbey.
- SNA67666 - Digital Image: Mark Smeaton. 16/7/2018. Photos taken of parch marks at Mottisfont Abbey.
- SNA67688 - Plan: Brian Goggins. 12/7/2018. Parch marks recorded on the south lawn at Mottisfont.
- SNA67816 - Document: Howard Green. March 2016. Mottisfont before the Priory.
Other Statuses and References
- HER/SMR Reference (External): SU32NW6c
Associated Events
- ENA5430 - Field Survey, Resistivity and magnetometry survey of part of the south lawn, Mottisfont
- ENA5754 - Field Survey, Assessment of masonry fragments from Mottisfont Abbey
- ENA6015 - Field Survey, Photographs taken of parch marks at Mottisfont Abbey
- ENA6019 - Field Survey, Recording of parch marks at Mottisfont Abbey
- ENA6386 - Field Survey, Analysis of human bone recovered from 1994/5 excavations at Mottisfont Abbey
- ENA7178 - Non Archaeological Intervention, Photographs taken of parch marks on the south side of Mottisfont Abbey
- ENA7207 - Archaeological Intervention, Aerial photograph taken by RCHME of parch marks on the south front of Mottisfont Abbey
- ENA7217 - Archaeological Intervention, Geophysics surveys undertaken around the former priory building, Mottisfont Abbey
- ENA7428 - Non Archaeological Intervention, Photographs of parch marks on the main lawn at Mottisfont Abbey
- ENA7429 - Archaeological Intervention, Flint wall on the main lawn at Mottisfont revealed by lifting turf
- ENA7442 - Heritage Assessment, Geophysics survey of the main lawn at Mottisfont Abbey
- ENA7443 - Heritage Assessment, Geophysics survey of the west lawn at Mottisfont Abbey
- ENA7737 - Remote Sensing, Geophysics survey of the east lawn at Mottisfont Abbey
- ENA7793 - Non Archaeological Intervention, Watching brief over works associated with the new visitor facility at Mottisfont Abbey
- ENA7871 - Non Archaeological Intervention, Find of glazed encaustic tile at Mottisfont
- ENA8267 - Non Archaeological Intervention, Watching brief over excavations for pipes associated with a biomass boiler at Mottisfont Abbey
- ENA8286 - Non Archaeological Intervention, Photographs taken of turf strip for new paths at Mottisfont Abbey
- ENA9081 - Non Archaeological Intervention, Photographs taken of the parch marks on the the south lawn at Mottisfont Abbey
- ENA9096 - Field Survey, UAV camera survey of parch marks at Mottisfont Abbey
- ENA9111 - Heritage Assessment, Measured survey of parch marks on the south lawn at Mottisfont Abbey
- ENA9434 - Heritage Assessment, Conservation management plan for Mottisfont Abbey
Associated Finds
None Recorded
Related Records
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