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Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground
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Founded in 1196 for Premonstratensian canons, Torre Abbey grew into the wealthiest house of its order in England, and enough came through the Dissolution to make it the best-preserved medieval abbey in Devon. The church is a roofless shell out in the gardens, while the vaulted undercrofts and the gatehouse of about 1380 still stand, along with the tithe barn — called the Spanish Barn after the 397 Armada prisoners locked in it in 1588. Torbay Council runs the house as a museum and gallery; ticketed, closed Mondays, and a short walk from Beacon Cove.
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