Coombe Abbey 1 by BessieB

Photography • Architecture • posted on Apr 23, 2011

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This is such a wonderful place to visit. Its called Coombe Abbey Hotel and is in Warwickshire, UK. I met some friends there several weekends ago to attend a medievel banquet which was fabulous. As you can see it was really great weather. Coombe Abbey was founded as a monastery in the 12th century. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century it became royal property. Elizabeth of Bohemia, the daughter of king James I, was educated there in the early 17th century. Had the Gunpowder Plot succeeded she was to have been abducted from Coombe Abbey and proclaimed as Queen Elizabeth II. In 1682, the West Wing was added by architect Captain William Winde, who also designed Buckingham House, which later became Buckingham Palace. In 1771, Lancelot 'Capability' Brown redesigned the gardens, incorporating Coombe Pool, a 1 km long lake. For successive generations Coombe Abbey was owned by the Earls of Craven, in whose possession the estate remained until 1923. In November 1964 Coventry City Council bought Coombe Abbey with 150 acres (0.61 km2) of land. The park was opened to the public in 1966. Sorry I have not been around to comment on your work, I really have been so busy at work and my social life has been hectic for a change! Foggy and Boris are both well, with Boris moulting so much I feel I could knit you all a lovely shawl! Thank you for your support and your comments on my previous post. Susan.