Anglesey Abbey Cambridgeshire, UK

The abbey which is the result of the hugely rich Lord Fairhaven, was a 13th-century Augustinian priory. It was initially modified into a manor house in 1600, and then remodelled greatly and expanded in the 1900s by later owners.

Key Facts

* Jacobean style home has a medieval vaulting, low, beamed rooms, and light, airy spaces.

* Several decorative features were re-created or brought in such as a 16th-century strapwork chimneypiece.

* Lord Fairhaven designed the 100-acre garden.

* Abbey is located on Quy Road, lode, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

* Abbey contains fine collections of silver, paintings, porcelain, furniture, statuary, and tapestries.

* There are Tudor royal portraits.

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