Abbeys & priories · East Midlands
Croyland Abbey, Wellingborough
In or near Great Harrowden.
Croyland Abbey, Wellingborough — a Grade II*-listed abbey in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
Nigel Cox — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Wellingborough · 1.3 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
Croyland Abbey in Wellingborough can be reached from Wellingborough railway station, which is 1.3 km away. The postcode for the abbey is NN8 1BJ. Please note that wheelchair accessibility is limited.
About
Croyland Abbey, Wellingborough is a Grade II*-listed building in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom. Grade II* status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Croyland Abbey is a Grade II-listed manor house (currently used as offices), in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The building was never an abbey. It is named after Croyland (or Crowland) Abbey in Lincolnshire, for which it was a monastic grange from the 10th century. Although there was never an Abbey here, there were monks here who lived and worshipped at the site. A Grade I tithe barn, dating to the 15th Century, is the only remaining building that was attached to the medieval grange. The ironstone barn survived a fire in 1972. The present structure is Jacobean and was constructed in the 17th century. It has been heavily altered and rebuilt; with large parts of the 17th-century house demolished in the early 19th-century. However, traces of the medieval grange exist, in the form of a 12th-century…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.3001, -0.6936
- District
- North Northamptonshire
- Parish
- Wellingborough
- Postcode
- NN8 1BJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden
- Nearest railway station
- Wellingborough — 1.3 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q5189724 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Croyland Abbey, Wellingborough (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Croyland Abbey, Wellingborough?
- Croyland Abbey, Wellingborough is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode NN8 1BJ), in the parish of Wellingborough.
- What is Croyland Abbey, Wellingborough?
- Croyland Abbey, Wellingborough — a Grade II*-listed abbey in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Croyland Abbey, Wellingborough?
- The nearest railway station is Wellingborough, about 1.3 km away. Drivers can use postcode NN8 1BJ.
- Is Croyland Abbey, Wellingborough a listed building?
- Croyland Abbey, Wellingborough is officially recognised as Grade II* listed.
- Is Croyland Abbey, Wellingborough a protected site?
- Yes — Croyland Abbey, Wellingborough is part of the Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Croyland Abbey, Wellingborough?
- The nearest railway station is Wellingborough, about 1.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NN8 1BJ.