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Now a country house, formerly an Augustinian Priory, founded in the early 12th Century.
Since the dissolution of the abbey in 1535 it has been owned by Thomas Hobson (at that time a few of the original arches remained); Sir George Downing (the founder of Downing College, Cambrige); and the brothers Huttleston and Henry Broughton, the 1st and 2nd Lords Fairhaven.
The building and grounds were then left to the National Trust.
The extensive gardens are extremely popular with visitors; it is the 1st Lord Fairhaven who laid them out.