Abbey House Gardens

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Abbey House Gardens is a country house garden in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, covering 5 acres (2.0 ha). The garden was transformed in the 1990s by the so-called Naked Gardeners: Ian and Barbara Pollard. In 2021 the property was acquired by new American owners, Whit and Kim Hanks. They plan to convert the house into a boutique hotel, while ensuring that the gardens are regularly opened to the public. During the 2022 summer season the gardens were opened from May to October on the second Saturday of each month.

Abbey House: Abbey House is a Tudor English country house built on part of the site of Malmesbury Abbey, a medieval Benedictine monastery which was dissolved in 1539. It is a Grade I listed building. The Tudor house was built on top of a substantial late 13th century undercroft which was part of the abbey buildings. The purpose of the medieval undercroft is not clear but it contains some fine Early English features. It was almost certainly built by Abbot Walter of Colerne (1260–1296) who undertook a substantial rebuilding programme at the abbey. The Tudor design of the house followed a characteristic half-H-shaped plan, with two protruding gabled bays at each end of the...