Buckland Abbey. Buckland Abbey is a Grade I listed 700-year-old house in Buckland Monachorum, near Yelverton, Devon, England, noted for its connection with Sir Richard Grenville the Younger and Sir Francis Drake.
It is owned by the National Trust. Buckland Abbey was founded as a Cistercian abbey in 1278 by Amicia, Countess of Devon and was a daughter house of Quarr Abbey, on the Isle of Wight.
It was one of the last Cistercian houses founded in England and also the most westerly. The remains of the church are about 37.6 metres long.
The width across the transepts is 28 metres. The nave and presbytery is 10.1 metres wide.
In the Bishop of Exeter episcopal registers show the abbey managed five granges at Buckland plus the home farm at the abbey. A market and fair at Buckland and Cullompton were granted in 1318. In 1337 King Edward III granted the monks a licence to crenellate. In the 15th century the monks built a Tithe Barn which is 180 feet long and survives to this day. It is Grade I listed It remained an abbey until the Dissolution of the Monasteries by King Henry VIII. At this time the revenues were placed at E241 17s. 9d. per annum. The Abbot was given a yearly pension of E60, and the remaining 12 monks shared E54 10s. 6d. In 1541 Henry sold Buckland to Sir Richard Grenville the Elder who, working with his son Sir Roger Greynvile, began to convert the abbey into a residence, renaming it Bu
It is owned by the National Trust. Buckland Abbey was founded as a Cistercian abbey in 1278 by Amicia, Countess of Devon and was a daughter house of Quarr Abbey, on the Isle of Wight.
It was one of the last Cistercian houses founded in England and also the most westerly. The remains of the church are about 37.6 metres long.
The width across the transepts is 28 metres. The nave and presbytery is 10.1 metres wide.
In the Bishop of Exeter episcopal registers show the abbey managed five granges at Buckland plus the home farm at the abbey. A market and fair at Buckland and Cullompton were granted in 1318. In 1337 King Edward III granted the monks a licence to crenellate. In the 15th century the monks built a Tithe Barn which is 180 feet long and survives to this day. It is Grade I listed It remained an abbey until the Dissolution of the Monasteries by King Henry VIII. At this time the revenues were placed at E241 17s. 9d. per annum. The Abbot was given a yearly pension of E60, and the remaining 12 monks shared E54 10s. 6d. In 1541 Henry sold Buckland to Sir Richard Grenville the Elder who, working with his son Sir Roger Greynvile, began to convert the abbey into a residence, renaming it Bu
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