Stoneleigh Abbey

Stoneleigh Abbey near Warwick occupies the site of a Cistercian abbey founded in 1155, and the present house incorporates surviving twelfth-century doorways and sections of the original monastic walls around a space corresponding to the old cloister garth. Its east and north wings date from the 1570s, the west wing was designed by Francis Smith of Warwick between 1714 and 1726, and the north wing was substantially rebuilt with a Gothic porch added in 1836. The house is Grade I listed, first designated in 1967, and its surrounding landscape is separately registered as a Grade II* Park and Garden of special historic interest, first listed in 1986.