Useful information
- Website: : http://www.greyabbeyhouse.com
Opening hours
Apr-Sep: Mon-Fri 8.30am-8pm, Sat-Sun 10am-8pm; Oct-Mar: Sun 10am-4pm
Description
The ruins of a Cistercian foundation which began in 1193. Its church, one of Ireland's earliest to use the primitive Gothic style, has a magnificent west doorway (1220-1230) with worked mouldings and dentilled friezes. Damaged in the Elizabethan period, the abbey church was restored and served for many years as a parish church. A reconstructed herb garden has around fifty varieties of medicinal plants historically cultivated by the Cistercians.
Localisation
Things to see and donearby
- The Green Guide3.52 Km - Portaferry Road, Newtownards
- The Green Guide6.72 Km - Newtownards
- 7.84 Km - B 172, Millisle BT22 2BP
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Where to sleepnearby
- From€88Book9.2 (3 reviews)1.83 Km - no.8 Ballybryan Rd.Greyabbey,Newtownards,co.Down., Greyabbey BT22 2RB
- From€222Book10 (4 reviews)4.06 Km - 60 Mount Stewart Road Carrowdore, Newtownards BT22 2AX
- From€183Book10 (3 reviews)4.76 Km - 100 Shore Road, Kircubbin BT22 2QU
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Where to eatnearby
- From £20 to £42MICHELIN 202110.9 Km - 181 Killinchy Road, Lisbane BT23 5NE
- From £28 to £36MICHELIN 202111.4 Km - 1 Comber Road, Killinchy BT23 6PA
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