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Leicester Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in the late twelfth century by Robert de Beaumont, the second Earl of Leicester. The abbey church and adjoining claustral buildings occupied a substantial site within the medieval town, serving as one of the principal religious houses in the East Midlands until its dissolution in 1538. Following the Dissolution, the abbey precinct was converted to secular use, and by the seventeenth century a substantial mansion was erected within the former monastic grounds, surrounded by ornamental gardens that made use of the surviving medieval fabric. The remains visible today include fragmentary stone structures from both the medieval abbey period and the later mansion, testament to the site's continuous occupation and reuse across several centuries.
Leicester abbey and 17th century mansion and ornamental gardens is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012149. View the official record →
Leicester Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in the late twelfth century by Robert de Beaumont, the second Earl of Leicester. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012149.
Leicester abbey and 17th century mansion and ornamental gardens is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1012149.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Greyfriars, Leicester (1.5 km), Leicester Castle and the Magazine Gateway (1.7 km), The Raw Dykes Roman aqueduct (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Leicester abbey and 17th century mansion and ornamental gardens's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Leicester abbey and 17th century mansion and ornamental gardens stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.