The Abbey — Abbeytown

The saved account records: Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1800, now in use as a hotel, with advanced two-bay tower with entrance and with recessed two-bay gable-fronted block to south end of façade and modern single-storey extensions to east and south.

The saved account records: Pitched tiled roof with castellated parapet to façade and with turrets to tower and stone finials to gables of south block.

The saved account records: Cut limestone façade brought to courses with ashlar entrance tower with string courses.

The saved account records: Hotel bounded to roadside by wrought-iron railings surmounting random coursed limestone plinth walls with castellated gate piers.

The Abbey — Abbeytown matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This Georgian House was remodelled as a miniature Gothic castle possibly by Richard Richards. Though the form of this building has been altered with many extensions added to facilitate its new function as a hotel, it still maintains many original materials. The elaborate entranceway, turrets and castellated parapet combine to make this a very striking building. The landscaped grounds with castellated turrets offset the ruins of the medieval Abbey located to the south of the hotel. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.