Quarr Abbey nr Binstead, Isle of Wight - Church of Our Lady- postcard c.1950s

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• Picture / Image:  Church of Our Lady of Quarr (Quarr Abbey) - entrance
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Quarr Abbey (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame de Quarr) (grid reference SZ562927) is a monastery between the villages of Binstead and Fishbourne on the Isle of Wight in southern England. The name is pronounced as ""Kor"" (rhyming with ""for""). It belongs to the Catholic Order of St Benedict. The grade 1 listed monastic buildings and church, completed in 1912, are considered some of the most important twentieth-century religious structures in the United Kingdom; Sir Nikolaus Pevsner described the Abbey as ""among the most daring and successful church buildings of the early 20th century in England"".^{[citation needed]} They were constructed from Belgian brick in a style combining French, Byzantine and Moorish architectural elements. In the vicinity are a few remains of the original twelfth-century abbey. A community of fewer than a dozen monks maintains the monastery's regular life and the attached farm. As of 2013^[update], the community provides two-month internships for young men.^[1]

Quarr Abbey was part of the Cistercian Order and was founded in 1132 by Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon, fourth Lord of the Isle of Wight. The founder was buried in the Abbey in 1155 and his remains, along with those of a royal princess, Cecily of York (d. 1507), second daughter of King Edward IV of England and godmother of Henry VIII, still lie on the site of the mediaeval monastery, as do other important personages. Arreton Manor was part of the abbey from the 12th century until 1525.

The name Quarr comes from 'quarry', because there used to be a stone quarry in the neighbourhood. The original title of the monastery was the Abbey of our Lady of the Quarry. Stone from the quarry was used in the Middle Ages for both ecclesiastical and military buildings, for example for parts of the Tower of London.

This site became a valuable and productive property. Because of this, it was the tradition for the abbot to be appointed warden or lord of the island. The prevalence of piracy in the area led to the granting in 1340 of special permission to fortify the area against attack. A stone wall, sea gate and portcullis were constructed. The ruins of these defences are still visible.

After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536, the land was acquired by a Southampton merchant, George Mills who demolished most of the abbey. Its stone was used for fortifications at the nearby towns of Cowes and Yarmouth. One of the three abbey bells is preserved in the belfry of the nearby Anglican parish church, originally built by the monks of Quarr Abbey for their lay dependants. Salvaged stone was also used to build Quarr Abbey House.^[2]

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period=1945 - present

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