Day 30 - This is another National Trust property and is in the same grounds as Lode Mill, Cambridge. Anglesey Abbey is believed to have been founded by Henry 1 in 1135 as the hospital of St.Mary. In the early 13th Century it was converted into a priory of Augustinian canons. The monastic way of life came to an abrupt end in 1536, when Henry VIII began to dissolve monasteries. The Abbey was granted to a lawyer, John Hynde, who removed some of the roofs, to reuse in a new mansion he was building at Madingley Hall, leaving the Abbey to decay. In 1596 the Abbey was acquired by the Fowkes family, who were responsible for converting the remains of the monastic living quarters into a house. In 1848 the Abbey was purchased by the Reverend John Hailstone, a vicar of the neighboring parish of Bottisham, he made several changes to the building, including demolishing surviving masonry from the monastic buildings to create a stable block, and removing the Jacobean dormer windows from the front of the House.
In 1926 Lord Fairhaven purchased Anglesey Abbey with his brother, Henry, the brothers agreed that the first one to get married would sell his share to the other, so Henry sold his share when he wed in 1932. Re-building work included replacing the dormer windows removed by Hailstone, moving the Victorian porch to create a dining room, complete with a new medieval looking fireplace. Later work included modernisation of the service wing, to create a Library to house Lord Fairhaven's growing collection of books. Lord Fairhaven died in 1966 gifting the Abbey to the National Trust.
Great collage of shots, and it's nice to see an NT property that stays open during winter! I visited Anglesey Abbey a few years back just as the snowdrops were out - both the house and gardens are very beautiful.
@ludwigsdiana Thank you @carole_sandford Thank you @louannwarren Thank you, there's quite a lot of history that I couldn't list as it would have ended up as a book! @chrisiow Thank you @nickinotnikki Thank you, I can't wait to go back in the Spring/Summer as some of the grounds were roped off @koalagardens Thank you, I always find it so difficult to pick just a few to put in the collage! @rumpelstiltskin Thank you, It's quite difficult finding somewhere in the Winter, I think they should stay open all year round! @susiemc Thank you, I want to go back as some of the house was being renovated/cleaned so I couldn't get into that part @mandygravil Thank you, the lighting was lovely
February 2nd, 2019
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@carole_sandford Thank you
@louannwarren Thank you, there's quite a lot of history that I couldn't list as it would have ended up as a book!
@chrisiow Thank you
@nickinotnikki Thank you, I can't wait to go back in the Spring/Summer as some of the grounds were roped off
@koalagardens Thank you, I always find it so difficult to pick just a few to put in the collage!
@rumpelstiltskin Thank you, It's quite difficult finding somewhere in the Winter, I think they should stay open all year round!
@susiemc Thank you, I want to go back as some of the house was being renovated/cleaned so I couldn't get into that part
@mandygravil Thank you, the lighting was lovely