Welbeck Abbey
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Welbeck Abbey is a historic country house and former monastery in Nottinghamshire, England, renowned as the ancestral seat of the Dukes of Portland and for its extensive Victorian-era underground tunnels and eccentric architectural features.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Welbeck Abbey canonical | 15 |
| Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
country house
ⓘ
former monastery ⓘ stately home ⓘ |
| ancestralSeatOf | Dukes of Portland ⓘ |
| associatedTitle | Duke of Portland ⓘ |
| category |
Country house of a noble family
ⓘ
Former Christian monastery in England ⓘ Historic house in Nottinghamshire ⓘ |
| convertedTo | country house ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| currentUse |
part of Welbeck Estate
ⓘ
private residence ⓘ |
| dissolvedDuring | Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ |
| dissolvedUnder |
Henry VIII of England
ⓘ
surface form:
Henry VIII
|
| foundedAsAbbeyAroundYear | 1153 ⓘ |
| foundedAsAbbeyInCentury | 12th century ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Thomas de Cuckney ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle |
Classical
ⓘ
Gothic Revival elements ⓘ Victorian ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
lakes
ⓘ
large estate ⓘ parkland ⓘ riding school ⓘ stables ⓘ subterranean rooms ⓘ tunnels ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade I listed building ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Victorian-era underground works
ⓘ
eccentric architectural features ⓘ extensive underground tunnels ⓘ network of underground passages ⓘ subterranean ballroom ⓘ underground riding school ⓘ |
| listedBy | Historic England ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nottinghamshire
ⓘ
Welbeck ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricCounty | Nottinghamshire ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Sherwood Forest
ⓘ
surface form:
Sherwood Forest area
|
| locatedNear |
Mansfield
ⓘ
Worksop ⓘ |
| nearestLargeCity | Nottingham ⓘ |
| notableBuilder |
William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland
ⓘ
surface form:
5th Duke of Portland
|
| notableResident |
William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland
ⓘ
surface form:
William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland
|
| originalFunction | Premonstratensian monastery ⓘ |
| ownedByFamily |
Bentinck family
ⓘ
surface form:
Cavendish-Bentinck family
|
| region | East Midlands ⓘ |
| religiousOrder | Premonstratensians ⓘ |
| significantDevelopmentPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire
subject surface form:
William Cavendish, 1st Marquess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
subject surface form:
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne