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East face of St Augustine's Cross, viewed from the road. St Augustine's Cross is a stone memorial in Kent, in a fenced enclosure on the south side of Cottington Road, west of Cliffs End, at Pegwell Bay, Thanet, about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Ramsgate, 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Richborough Roman Fort, and 12 miles (19 km) east of Canterbury, in the parish of Minster.
The Digby Chantry Chapel (the Chapel of St John the Evangelist) was built in 1859, [10] and St Joseph's Chapel was built in 1893 by Viscountess Southwell to mark the coming of age of her son, who had been educated at the monks' school in Ramsgate (St Augustine's College). [11] The central tower of the church, with its spire, was never completed.
The second notable church is St Augustine's, Ramsgate, which is situated on the town's westcliff. The architect, A. W. N. Pugin , built the church at his own expense between 1845 and 1852 in the neo-Gothic style and wrote that 'not one of the true principles will be broken'; it is considered one of the most important of Pugin's buildings.
St Augustine's Abbey or Ramsgate Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey in Ramsgate. [1] It was built in 1860 by Augustus Pugin and is a Grade II listed building. It was the first Benedictine monastery to be built in England since the Reformation. [2] In 2010, the monks moved to St Augustine's Abbey in Chilworth, Surrey.
The architect A W Pugin and his sons lived in Ramsgate and built several important buildings there, including St Augustine's Church, The Grange, St Augustine's Abbey, and The Granville Hotel. The artist Vincent van Gogh moved to Ramsgate in April 1876, at age 23. He boarded at 11 Spencer Square, which is identified by a blue plaque.
St Augustine's, Ramsgate may refer to: Pugin's Church and Shrine of St Augustine, otherwise known as St Augustine's Church; St Augustine's Abbey, ...
The monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate, wrote in their Book of Saints (1921), Sindulphus (St.) (Oct. 20) (7th century) A native of the South of France, who lived a holy and incredibly austere life as a hermit at Aussonce in the neighbourhood of Rheims. Two hundred years after his death, Bishop Hincmar built a noble shrine for his remains. [1]
Pegwell Bay is a natural harbour on the part of the coast nearest to the Continent, and consequently, Ebbsfleet was the focus of three important arrivals in English history: Julius Caesar’s first invasion of England in 54 BC, then Hengist and Horsa in 449 AD, said to have led the Anglo-Saxons in their conquest of Britain; and lastly Augustine ...