Cherie's Place » Gardem http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Thu, 07 May 2026 23:34:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Abbey House and Gardens http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/11/25/abbey-house-and-gardens/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/11/25/abbey-house-and-gardens/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2014 20:05:39 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=14114 Abbey House

Abbey house stands on the sight of St Mary’s Abbey. It was built about 1750 and originally faced the gardens to the rear. The present castellated front was added after the widening of Broadway in 1771. Benedictine nuns, fleeing the disturbances of the French Revolution, made their homes here in the 1790s. The house now serves as the official residence of the Mayor of Winchester.*

Abbey House

The gardens with the guildhall to the right:

Abbey Gardens

The statue of King Alfred as seen from the front of Abbey House:

King Alfred from Abbey House

*From a signboard next to the house.

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