WRE News July 23, 2024
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A 13th century abbey created by the brother of an English king has been listed for sale at $4.5 million.
Burnham Abbey in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, was founded in 1266 as a convent for Augustinian canonesses by Richard, Earl of Cornwall, the brother of King Henry III. Mansion Global reports the abbey has been the home to the Society of Precious Blood, an Anglican order of nuns, since 1916, but the nuns have listed the property because it has become too large for their current needs.
Knight Frank, which is marketing the 2.8-acre estate, calls it “one of Buckinghamshire’s finest surviving medieval monasteries,” with multiple buildings and features added over the centuries. The property also encompasses a three-bedroom cottage, a guest house and cottage with three to four bedrooms, an 18th century barn, a granary, a walled garden, an orchard and an ornamental pond.
“Some of the interesting features that are retained include a chapel, Tudor fireplaces, ancient walls, as well as the ruins of the Medieval infirmary and frater,” said the Knight Frank marketing material.
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