Facts : 1 Built from fragments of the north transept of Netley Abbey moved to Cranbury Park in the 1760s
Facts : 2 Around 1700, Netley Abbey came into the hands of Sir Berkeley Lucy (also spelled Sir Bartlet ) who decided in 1704 to demolish the by now unfashionable house in order to sell the materials
Facts : 3 Sir Berkeley made an agreement with a Southampton builder, Mr Walter Taylor, to take down the former church
Facts : 4 However, during the course of the demolition, the contractor was killed by the fall of tracery from the west window of the church and the scheme was halted
Facts : 5 By the second half of the eighteenth century, the abbey, by then partially roofless and overgrown with trees and ivy, had become a famous ruin that attracted the attention of artists, dramatists and poets
Facts : 6 In the nineteenth century, Netley became a popular tourist attraction (the novelist Jane Austen was among those who visited) and steps were taken to conserve the ruins
Facts : 7 Archaeological excavations directed by Charles Pink and Reverend Edmund Kell took place in 1860
Facts : 8 During the same period the owners decided to remove many of the Tudor additions to the building to create a more medieval feel to the site, resulting in the loss of much evidence of the abbey s post-Dissolution story
Facts : 9 In 1922, the abbey was passed into state care by the then owner, Tankerville Chamberlayne, one time M.P
Facts : 2 Around 1700, Netley Abbey came into the hands of Sir Berkeley Lucy (also spelled Sir Bartlet ) who decided in 1704 to demolish the by now unfashionable house in order to sell the materials
Facts : 3 Sir Berkeley made an agreement with a Southampton builder, Mr Walter Taylor, to take down the former church
Facts : 4 However, during the course of the demolition, the contractor was killed by the fall of tracery from the west window of the church and the scheme was halted
Facts : 5 By the second half of the eighteenth century, the abbey, by then partially roofless and overgrown with trees and ivy, had become a famous ruin that attracted the attention of artists, dramatists and poets
Facts : 6 In the nineteenth century, Netley became a popular tourist attraction (the novelist Jane Austen was among those who visited) and steps were taken to conserve the ruins
Facts : 7 Archaeological excavations directed by Charles Pink and Reverend Edmund Kell took place in 1860
Facts : 8 During the same period the owners decided to remove many of the Tudor additions to the building to create a more medieval feel to the site, resulting in the loss of much evidence of the abbey s post-Dissolution story
Facts : 9 In 1922, the abbey was passed into state care by the then owner, Tankerville Chamberlayne, one time M.P
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