Grade I listed building · Historic England

Minster Abbey

Listed Grade I since 195868 years · Grade I is the top 2.5% of England’s listed buildings

CChurchCAMinster conservation area SMOver a scheduled monument1958Listed

About

About Minster Abbey

Minster Abbey is one of 2 Grade I listed buildings in Minster (Thanet) and about 9,341 in England. It was listed on 6 February 1958. It stands in the Minster conservation area, designated in 1972, and over a scheduled monument, Monastic grange and pre-Conquest nunnery at Minster Abbey. Within 400 metres are 1 more Grade I building and 28 other listed buildings.

HERead the official list entryHistoric England’s description of the building, its history and why it is listed · List entry 1223807↗

Grade I is for buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings in England. Listing protects the whole building, inside and out: changes need listed building consent from the council.

Visit

Make it a walk: 2 listed buildings in about 5 minutes

Minster (Thanet) · about 0.1 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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Directions Walk the tour in Google Maps

1Minster AbbeyStart here
2Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Minster-in-ThanetGrade I · 0.1 mi on

Farther afield

Cleve Court and Cleve LodgeGrade II*1.2mi

Around it

18 more listed buildings within 150 metres

Grade I and II* ones open their own page; Grade II ones open the official list entry.

IILaundry About 15 Metres West of Minster Abbey35 m IIGates and Walls to Minster Abbey63 m II1 and 3, Church Street68 m IIWall and Gate Lodge East of Minster Abbey70 m IIBarn About 30 Metres North East of Minster Abbey72 m II5 and 7, Church Street77 m IICast Iron Lamp Standard Outside No.7 Church Street89 m IIChurch Cottage92 m IINumber 2, The White Horse, Including Lamp Bracket and Hand Pump94 m IIGarden Cottage and Garden Wall96 m IIGate and Railings Adjoining and West of the White Horse101 m IINo 11 and the Old Jezard's Bakery107 m IIDurlock Lodge112 m IIThe Old School115 m IIThe Public Library (Walsingham House)119 m IIGroup of Chest Tombs North of Church of Saint Mary138 m IIInglewood147 m IICast Iron Lamp Standard148 m

More like it

Grade I churches near Minster (Thanet)

Within 25 miles, with a photo.

Church of Saint Mary MagdaleneMonkton · 2 mi away

Church of Saint NicholasSt Nicholas at Wade · 3 mi away

Church of St LaurenceRamsgate · 4 mi away

St Mary's ChurchSandwich · 4 mi away

Church of St NicholasAsh (Dover) · 4 mi away

St Peter's ChurchSandwich · 4 mi away

St Augustine's ChurchRamsgate · 4 mi away

Church of St ClementSandwich · 4 mi away

Questions about Minster Abbey

Is Minster Abbey listed?

Yes. Minster Abbey is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England (list entry 1223807), first listed on 6 February 1958.

Can you visit Minster Abbey?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

Is Minster Abbey in a conservation area?

Yes, the Minster conservation area, designated in 1972.

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Sources: Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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