Newstead Abbey

E29187

country house former monastery historic house museum tourist attraction

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

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 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	George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron →
openToPublic	true →
originalFunction	Augustinian priory →
ownedBy	Nottingham City Council →
region	East Midlands →
religiousOrder	Augustinian Canons →
usedFor	events → literary tourism → weddings →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Nottinghamshire →	contains
Lord Byron →	residence