In the 13th century, Buckland Abbey was home to the Cistercian monks who built the Abbey and the incredible Great Barn, and lived and farmed the estate for 250 years until the Dissolution. Henry VIII sold Buckland to the Grenville family who went on to sell it to Sir Francis Drake. Buckland Abbey, now a house with a combination of furnished rooms, tells the story of how the two seafaring adventurers - Sir Richard Grenville and Sir Francis Drake - changed the shape of the house and the fate of the country. In the 1940s, Buckland Abbey was gifted to the National Trust by a local private landowner after it was put up for public auction by the Drake family. Visitors can now experience more than seven centuries of history as they explore the rooms of the Abbey, the Buckland estate, the meadows, the orchards and enjoy the lasting peace and tranquility the monks created more than 700 years ago. About
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