| The Abbey | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Town or city | Beckington |
| Country | England |
| Construction started | 1502 |
The Abbey, Beckington in Somerset, UK was built as a monastic grange and also used as a college for priests; the building was begun in 1502, but after the Dissolution of the Monasteries it became a private house. It was altered in the early 17th century with a new front and a sumptuous barrel-vaulted plaster ceiling, and also altered in 19th century. The house was used as a school, restaurant and dance hall in 19th and 20th centuries but has now been restored as three houses: the plaster ceiling is in that known as The Abbey.
J. & J. Penoyre, Decorative plasterwork in the houses of Somerset, 1500-1700, 1994, pp. 58, 71
Sir N. Pevsner, The buildings of England: North Somerset and Bristol, 1958, p. 142