| Summary: | Newenham Abbey was founded in 1246. Post dissolution documents suggest that most of the abbey was demolished at the time of the dissolution in 1539. There was a farmhouse on the site by the beginning of the 17th century, occupying (as today) the west side of the cloister, whereas other parts of the abbey remained as ruins or 'heaps of stones'. During the 19th century the surviving portion of the north wall of the church and the refectory collapsed or were demolished, and during the last 20 years, two buildings forming part of the south side of the cloister have been demolished and barns built on the site. Surviving features include part of the south wall of the nave of the church, part of the east wall of the west range within the present farmhouse and earthworks on the site of the eastern range. |
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