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Ruins of Church Or Chapel

Ruins Of Church Or Chapel

Acklington

Northumberland

Nave late C11 or C12

Architectural Features

chancel C13 or C14.

jambs of large C14 window to the east and a smaller, perhaps low-side, window immediately west.

an apparent keystone hints at post-medieval alteration

shouldered inner jambs to C14 windows.

Historical note: A Premonstratension nunnery at 'Gysnes' (Guyzance) was founded in early C12 by Richard Tison, and converted to a parochial curacy before the Dissolution.

Scheduled Ancient Monument (NU 209032)