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  • Grey Abbey

    Topics:
    • Historic environment, 
    • Archaeology & Monuments

    Main Street
    Greyabbey
    BT22 2NQ
    United Kingdom

    Contact

    Phone: 02890 823 207
    Email: scmenquiries@communities-ni.gov.uk
    Website: https://discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do/grey-abbey-p675361

    Additional Information

    Open to the public: During opening hours (please check DiscoverNI website, charges may apply)
    Grid reference: J5830068140
    View on the Historic Environment Map Viewer
    SM number: DOW 011:010
    View details on the NI Sites & Monuments Record (NISMR)

    About Grey Abbey

    Along with Inch Abbey, Grey Abbey is the best example of Anglo-Norman Cistercian architecture in Ulster and was the daughter house of Holm Cultram (Cumbria). It was founded in 1193 by Affreca, wife of John de Courcy, the Anglo-Norman invader of East Ulster.

    Poor and decayed in the late Middle Ages, the abbey was dissolved in 1541 but in the early 17th century was granted to Sir Hugh Montgomery and the nave was refurbished for parish worship until the late 18th century.

    The remains, in the beautiful parkland setting of the nearby grand house of Rosemount, consist of the church with cloister and surrounding buildings to the south.

    Other historic places you can visit:

    • Love Heritage NI

    Grey Abbey

    Grey Abbey
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