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Syon Abbey
Hob Uid: 444973
Location : Devon South Hams Rattery
Grid Ref : SX7242061070
Summary : C18 house remodelled in C19 altered 1873 and extended 1935. Acquired by the Bridgettine nuns.
More information : (SX 72426107) Syon Abbey (Bridgettine Nuns) (NAT) (1) Syon Abbey formerly Marley House, acquired by the Bridgettine Nuns, is an 18th century building having a seven-bay front with a portico of four detached giant columns and pediment and two lower projecting wings. (3-4) Syon Abbey. C18th, remodelled in the C19th, altered 1873 and extended in 1935. Square plan. Grade II*. (4-5) After the death of Queen Mary in 1558 the Bridgettine nuns left the abbey at the site of Syon House (TQ 17 NE 22) for the Continent, keeping regular conventual life which has continued to the present day. The abbey is now at South Brent, Devon. (6)

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Source details : OS 1:2500 1963
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Source details : Buildings of England - South Devon 1952 274 (N Pevsner)
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Source details : DOE Listed Buildings Totnes RD Devon March 1970 20
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Source details : DOE Listed Buildings District of South Hams Devon MAY-1986 33
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Source details : Cherry B and Pevsner N. 1989. Buildings of England: Devon. London: Penguin 776-7
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : Knowles D & Hadcock R N. 1971. Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales 202.
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
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Monument End Date : 1999
Monument Start Date : 1800
Monument Type : House, Bridgettine Nunnery
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
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Monument Start Date : 1935
Monument Type : House, Bridgettine Nunnery
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Number : SX 76 SW 24
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Relationship type : General association

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