![]() The ruins of Hailes Abbey (2011) | |
Monastery information | |
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Order | Cistercian |
Established | 1246 |
Disestablished | Christmas Eve 1539 |
Mother house | Beaulieu Abbey |
People | |
Founder(s) | Richard, Earl of Cornwall |
Abbot |
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Site | |
Location | Parish of Stanway, Gloucestershire, England |
Coordinates | 51°58′6″N 1°55′41″W / 51.96833°N 1.92806°W |
Public access | Yes: the ruins are owned by the National Trust but managed by English Heritage. |
Official name | Hailes Abbey and ringwork |
Designated | 1 October 1936 |
Reference no. | 1018070 |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Hailes Abbey |
Designated | 4 July 1960 |
Reference no. | 1154262 |
Hailes Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey, in the small village of Hailes, two miles northeast of Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England. It was founded in 1246 as a daughter establishment of Beaulieu Abbey. The abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1539. Little remains of the abbey. It is a Grade I listed building[1] and a scheduled monument.[2]
The site is owned by the National Trust but managed by English Heritage. There is a museum on the site holding many artefacts from the Abbey.