Combermere Abbey

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Combermere Abbey is a historic former Cistercian monastery and later country house in Cheshire, England, notable as the ancestral seat of the Cotton family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country house
former Cistercian monastery
ancestralSeatOf Cotton family
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival
Tudor
associatedWith Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere
country England
currentUse holiday accommodation
private residence
wedding venue
dedicatedTo Blessed Virgin Mary
linked to: Virgin Mary
dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries
dissolvedIn 1538
ecclesiasticalStatus former abbey
foundedBy Cistercian order
linked to: Cistercians
foundedIn 1133
foundedInCentury 12th century
governingBody private ownership
hasConservationStatus on Heritage at Risk Register (parts, historically)
hasFeature lake
parkland
walled garden
woodland
hasGarden Pleasure gardens
hasGhostStory Combermere Abbey library ghost photograph
hasHeritageDesignation Grade I listed building
Grade II listed building
Grade II* listed building
hasOutbuilding cottages
stable block
heritageDesignationAppliesTo main house
stable block
various estate structures
isTouristAttraction true
locatedIn Cheshire
Combermere Park
linked to: Combermere Abbey
locatedNear Nantwich
Whitchurch
namedAfter Comber Mere
nearBodyOfWater Comber Mere
originalFunction monastic community
ownedBy Cotton family
Viscounts Combermere
postDissolutionUse country house
region North West England
religiousOrder Cistercians
underwent 19th-century remodelling

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Cotton hasNotableFamily Cotton family of Combermere
linked to: Combermere Abbey
Combermere Abbey locatedIn Combermere Park
linked to: Combermere Abbey
Baron Combermere namedAfter Combermere Abbey