Historic houses · London
Abbey House
Abbey House — house in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Cambridge · 1.7 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Abbey House is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Heritage designation: Grade II listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "house in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 52.2091°, 0.1385°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Abbey House or Old Abbey House is a 17th-century house on the corner of Beche Road and Abbey Road in Abbey, Cambridge. It lies just to the east of the roundabout where Elizabeth Way and Newmarket Road meet. The house is 17th-century but perhaps containing parts of earlier date; it has two storeys with attics. The house is a Grade II listed building; the walls and archway are separately listed Grade II. It has been described as both the oldest inhabited house and the most haunted house in the city.
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Background
History
Abbey House was built by Alexander Butler on the site of Barnwell Priory (dissolved 1539) and parts of the old ecclesiastical buildings can be found in the walls, cellar and gardens of the house. Local barrister Jacob Butler inherited the house and much of the surrounding land, which played host to the annual Stourbridge Fair, in 1714, but lost it in a legal dispute prior to his death in 1765. The house's reputation for being haunted came to local prominence during the occupancy of Prof. J. C. Lawson of Pembroke College from 1904 to 1910, on the family's first night in residence members of the household were reportedly woken at midnight by a crashing sound, and from 1907 onward, Lawson and…
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- Coordinates
- 52.2091, 0.1385
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- Cambridge
- Parish
- Cambridge, unparished area
- Postcode
- CB5 8HB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cambridge
- Nearest railway station
- Cambridge — 1.7 km
- Official site
- www.dinkydoors.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q21061944 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Abbey House, Cambridge (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Cambridge - Abbey House, Barnwell.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Abbey House?
- Abbey House is in Cambridgeshire, London, United Kingdom (postcode CB5 8HB), in the parish of Cambridge, unparished area.
- Is Abbey House a listed building?
- Abbey House is officially recognised as Grade II listed building listed.
- How do I get to Abbey House?
- The nearest railway station is Cambridge, about 1.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CB5 8HB.