Newstead Abbey

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Newstead Abbey is a historic former Augustinian priory in Nottinghamshire, England, best known as the ancestral home of the poet Lord Byron.

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Label Occurrences
Newstead Abbey canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country house
former monastery
historic house museum
tourist attraction
alsoKnownAs Lord Byron’s ancestral home
architecturalStyle Elizabethan
Gothic Revival
medieval
associatedWithFamily Byron family
category Houses in Nottinghamshire
Monasteries in Nottinghamshire
Museums in Nottinghamshire
convertedTo country house
country United Kingdom
currentUse museum
public park
dedicatedTo St Mary
dissolutionContext Dissolution of the Monasteries
dissolvedAsMonastery 16th century
foundedAsPriory 12th century
foundedBy Henry II of England
grantedTo Sir John Byron
hasCollection Lord Byron
surface form: Lord Byron memorabilia

historic furniture
manuscripts
paintings
hasFeature Elizabethan house
Victorian additions
cloisters
formal gardens
lakes
medieval priory church remains
parkland
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building
locatedIn England
Nottinghamshire
United Kingdom
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Newstead
locatedNear Ravenshead
nearCity Nottingham
notableGardenDesigner W. A. Nesfield
notableResident Lord Byron
surface form: George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
openToPublic true
originalFunction Augustinian priory
ownedBy Nottingham City Council
region East Midlands
religiousOrder Canons Regular (Reguliers)
surface form: Augustinian Canons
usedFor events
literary tourism
weddings

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Byron residence Newstead Abbey
Nottinghamshire contains Newstead Abbey
Byron family associatedPlace Newstead Abbey
Newstead hasLandmark Newstead Abbey
Ravenshead hasNearbyAttraction Newstead Abbey
Ravenshead isCloseTo Newstead Abbey