Newstead in Nottinghamshire is a monastic Abbey from the 12th century in which Romantic poet Lord Byron lived from 1808-1814. The Abbey is medieval in style and has a Victorian style kitchen, the private apartments of Lord Byron, and has stood through earthquakes and a civil war. In 1818, Lord Byron sold it to Thomas Wildmam, a British army officer, and he sold the Abbey to William Frederick Webb, an African explorer in 1861.

A part of Newstead Abbey is called the West Front. It is a priory that has medieval cloisters, a sculpture of the Virgin and Child, manuscripts and stone carvings. Surrounding the Abbey is 300 acres of parkland, gardens, lakes, and ponds.

Bibliography

Framework. “Welcome to Newstead Abbey.” Newstead Abbey, 7 July 2020, newsteadabbey.org.uk/.