Ixworth Abbey | |
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![]() Ixworth Abbey, incorporating the remains of Ixworth Priory | |
Location | Ixworth, Suffolk, England |
Coordinates | 52°17′53″N0°49′44″E / 52.298°N 0.829°E |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Ixworth Abbey |
Designated | 14 July 1955 |
Reference no. | 1031475 |
Ixworth Priory was an Augustine priory at Ixworth in the English county of Suffolk. It was founded in the 12th century and dissolved in 1537. [1] The priory was dedicated to St Mary and founded by Gilbert Blundus. [2]
The original building, possibly from around 1100, may have been destroyed by a period of civil war and rebuilt on the present site on the west edge of Ixworth. [2] Remains of the priory include the almost complete east range whilst some of the west range can be found incorporated into a house, known as Ixworth Abbey. [1] Stone from the ruins of the priory was used to build Hengrave Hall north of Bury St Edmunds in the early 16th century.