Sandleford Priory, Berkshire

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Sandleford Priory, Berkshire is a historic English country house and former priory best known as the longtime home and intellectual salon of 18th-century Bluestocking leader Elizabeth Montagu.

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instanceOf country house
former priory
architecturalStyle Georgian
associatedMovement Bluestocking circle NERFINISHED
associatedWith Bluestocking Society NERFINISHED
Elizabeth Montagu NERFINISHED
Montagu family NERFINISHED
country England
dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries NERFINISHED
formerUse Augustinian priory
foundedAsPrioryInCentury 12th century
functionedAs intellectual salon
hasAlternativeName Sandleford Priory NERFINISHED
hasArchitecturalFeature classical portico
stuccoed exterior
symmetrical façade
hasCategory Country houses in Berkshire
Former religious houses in England
Houses associated with the Bluestockings
Monasteries in Berkshire
heritageDesignation listed building
heritageStatus protected under UK heritage law
historicalPeriodOfProminence 18th century
knownFor being the longtime home of Elizabeth Montagu
hosting Bluestocking intellectual gatherings
its role in 18th-century literary culture
locatedIn Berkshire NERFINISHED
Sandleford parish NERFINISHED
locatedNear Newbury, Berkshire NERFINISHED
notableResident Elizabeth Montagu NERFINISHED
notableVisitor Edmund Burke NERFINISHED
Fanny Burney NERFINISHED
Hannah More NERFINISHED
Horace Walpole NERFINISHED
James Beattie NERFINISHED
Samuel Johnson NERFINISHED
ownership Montagu family estate
postDissolutionUse secular country house
region South East England
religiousOrder Augustinian Canons NERFINISHED
setIn landscaped parkland
usedAs private residence

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Elizabeth Montagu residence Sandleford Priory, Berkshire