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The following is a list of the monastic houses on the Isle of Wight in England.

Alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Knights Templars and Knights Hospitaller). Monastic hospitals are included where they had the status or function of an abbey, priory, friary or preceptor/commandery.

Abbreviations and key
Status of remains
Symbol Status
None Ruins
* Current monastic function
+ Current non-monastic ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure)
^ Current non-ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) or redundant intact structure
$ Remains limited to earthworks etc.
# No identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains
~ Exact site of monastic foundation unknown
Identification ambiguous or confused

Locations with names in italics indicate possible duplication (misidentification with another location) or non-existent foundations (either erroneous reference or proposed foundation never implemented) or ecclesiastical establishments with a monastic name but lacking actual monastic connection.

Trusteeship
EH English Heritage
LT Landmark Trust
NT National Trust



Foundation Image Communities and provenance Formal name or dedication and alternative names References and location
Appuldurcombe House,
Wroxall
AppuldurcombeHouse.JPG Benedictine monks
alien house dependent on Montebourg;
founded c.1100: manor granted by Richard de Redvers to Montebourg Abbey before 1090; dissolved 1414; 16th century Elizabethan house built on site; hotel 1859; leased for use as a college for young gentlemen 1867-1890s; Benedictine monks founded 1901–1908; virtually abandoned 1909; used to accommodate troops in the two World Wars; damaged by a mine 1943; currently a shell internally in ruins; (EH)
St Mary
50°37′01″N 1°14′01″W / 50.617029°N 1.233635°W / 50.617029; -1.233635 (Appuldurcombe House)
Barton Priory BartonManor approach IsleOfWight.JPG Augustinian Canons Regular — from Cambridge
priory(?)
founded 1275 by John Insula, Rector of Shalfleet and Thomas de Winton, Rector of Godshill; dissolved 1439; granted to Winchester College
The Holy Trinity
Barton Oratory;
Burton College

50°44′50″N 1°15′52″W / 50.7473181°N 1.264329°W / 50.7473181; -1.264329 (Barton Priory)
St Mary's Priory, Carisbrooke# StMary'sPriory Carisbrooke IsleOfWight.JPG Cistercian monks
alien house: priory cell dependent on Lire Abbey;
founded c.1156 by Baldwin de Redvers: granted to Lire by William fitz Osbern, Marshall of William the Conqueror;
granted to Mount Grace, Yorkshire, by Richard II;
Benedictine monks
restored by Henry IV;
dissolved 1414; granted to the Carthusians at Sheen, Surrey by Henry V
The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Carisbrooke

50°41′31″N 1°18′50″W / 50.691904°N 1.313939°W / 50.691904; -1.313939 (St Mary's Priory, Carisbrooke)

Carisbrooke Priory * CarisbrookePriory New.JPG Dominican nuns
currently owned by the Carisbrooke Priory Trust, a registered charity;
extant
The Open Door
50°41′09″N 1°18′27″W / 50.685787°N 1.307526°W / 50.685787; -1.307526 (Carisbrooke Priory)
Newport Whitefriars? Carmelite Friars
Quarr Abbey QuarrAbbeyFarm.JPG Savignac monks
founded 27 April 1132 by Baldwin de Redvers (Redveriis);
Cistercian monks
orders merged 17 September 1147; dissolved 1536; granted to John and George Mills 1544/5
The Abbey Church of Our Lady of the Quarry
Quarrer Abbey


50°43′52″N 1°11′58″W / 50.730996°N 1.199356°W / 50.730996; -1.199356 (Old Quarr Abbey)
Quarr Abbey *,
Binsted
QuarrAbbey.JPG Benedictine monks
founded 24 May 1907 from Appuldurcombe House
current house constructed from the ruined masonry of the former abbey; extant

50°43′53″N 1°12′17″W / 50.73144°N 1.204773°W / 50.73144; -1.204773 (Quarr Abbey)
St Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde *
Appley House, Ryde
StCecilia'sAbbey Ryde IsleOfWight.jpg Solesmes nuns
returned to France from exile
Benedictine nuns daughter of Liege Abbey; founded at Ventnor 1882; transferred to Appley House 1922; priory attained abbey status 1926; aggregated into the Solesmes Community 1950; extant
Priory of the Peace of the Heart of Jesus
Abbey of the Peace of the Heart of Jesus (1926)


50°43′42″N 1°08′47″W / 50.728428°N 1.14636°W / 50.728428; -1.14636 (St Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde)
St Cross Priory Tironensian monks
alien house: cell dependent Tiron; founded before 1132 (c.1120): church founded (in the tenure of Gervase, Abbot de Insula (Quarr)) by Robert Colaws; dissolved 1391; granted to Winchester College; site apparently occupied by a viaduct and railway


50°42′09″N 1°17′45″W / 50.7024887°N 1.2958771°W / 50.7024887; -1.2958771 (St Cross Priory)
St Helen's Priory StHelen'sChurch IsleOfWight.jpg Cluniac monks
alien house: dependent on Wenlock, Shropshire;
founded c.1090 (before 1155);
dissolved 1414

50°42′05″N 1°05′57″W / 50.701405°N 1.099298°W / 50.701405; -1.099298 (St Helen's Priory)
Ventnor Priory,
Steephill View
Benedictine nuns
daughter of Liege Abbey, Belgium, founded 1882; transferred to Appley House, Ryde 1922;
Steephill View house now demolished;
Priory Lodge, built 1970, now occupies the site
Pax Cordis Jesu
50°35′43″N 1°12′49″W / 50.5953°N 1.2137°W / 50.5953; -1.2137 (Ventnor Priory (site))


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