Missenden Abbey

Missenden Abbey
"Missenden Abbey" - country house dating from 1574
Missenden Abbey is located in Buckinghamshire
Missenden Abbey
Location within Buckinghamshire
Monastery information
OrderArrouasian (Augustinian)
Established1133
Disestablished1538
Mother houseArrouaise Abbey
DioceseDiocese of Lincoln
People
Founder(s)William de Missenden
Site
LocationGreat Missenden, Buckinghamshire
Coordinates51°42′03″N 0°42′10″W / 51.700759°N 0.702853°W / 51.700759; -0.702853
Grid referenceSP8901

Missenden Abbey is a former Arrouasian (Augustinian) monastery, founded in 1133 in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. The abbey was dissolved in 1538, and the abbey church demolished. In 1574 a house, also known as Missenden Abbey, was constructed on the site of the monastic cloisters, incorporating some of the monastic remains. The house was altered several times, gaining its current "Regency Gothic" style at the beginning of the 19th century. The house was "gutted" by fire in 1985 and subsequently rebuilt.