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Combermere Abbey is a former monastery, later a country house, near Hollyhurst, Cheshire. The abbey was founded in the 1130s by Hugh Malbank, Baron of Nantwich, and initially flourished. By 1275 however, it was sufficiently deeply in debt to be removed from the abbot's management. From that date until its dissolution in 1538, it was frequently in royal custody, and acquired a reputation for poor discipline and violent disputes with both lay people and other abbeys. It was the third largest monastic establishment in Cheshire, based on net income in 1535. After the dissolution it was acquired by Sir George Cotton, who demolished the church and most of the buildings, and converted part of the abbey into a country house. The house was remodelled in 1563 by Sir George's son, Richard Cotton, altered in 1795 by Sir Robert Cotton, and Gothicised in 1814–21 by Stapleton Cotton, Viscount Combermere. It remained in the Cotton family until 1919, when it was bought by Sir Kenneth Crossley, the Manchester car manufacturer, and is now owned by his great granddaughter and her family. Part of the abbey operates as a bed and breakfast. Its park includes the large lake of Comber Mere, a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is within the council area of Cheshire East.
Historic England Grade I Listed 1136900.

Place Type: Tudor House
Historic County: Cheshire
Lat, Long: 52.992827,-2.6163187
Grid Reference: SJ587441
Police Area: Cheshire
Council Area: Cheshire East
Civil Parish: Dodcott cum Wilkesley CP
Country: England

GBPNID: 301006
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Combermere_Abbey,_Cheshire_301006

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