Quarr Abbey (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 monastic buildings, completed in 1912, are considered some of the most important twentieth-century religious structures in the United Kingdom. They were constructed from Belgian brick in a style combining French, Byzantine and Moorish architectural elements. A community of about a dozen monks maintains the monastery's regular life and the attached farm. In the vicinity are a few remains of the original twelfth-century abbey.
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