East Bergholt Abbey

It was acquired in 1701 by Joseph Chaplain, wine cooper and High Sheriff of Suffolk, purchased the property in 1701, and built a manor house to replace an earlier Elizabethan structure.

The community dated back to one founded in Brussels specifically for English women in 1598 by Lady Mary Percy.

[3] With the French Revolution, the nuns returned to England in 1794, settling first at Winchester where they opened a school.

[5] During World War II, the community of nuns was evacuated from the coast, some members went to Stanbrook Abbey, others to Swynnerton.

After the War, the building was in such poor condition that the nuns decided to sell the property and relocate to Haslemere.