Grey Abbey
Main Street
Greyabbey
BT22 2NQ
United Kingdom
Contact
Phone:
02890 823 207
Additional Information
Open to the public:
During opening hours (please check DiscoverNI website, charges may apply)
Grid reference:
J5830068140
SM number:
DOW 011:010
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.
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