In some of the grandest rooms of Newstead Abbey - the former home of the romantic poet Lord Byron - rotting timbers and ...

The ancestral Home of the Poet Lord Byron, Newstead Abbey is the inspiration for poetry written during his life here. Formerly a medieval priory, Newstead retains much of its monastic structure.

Newstead Abbey has been given £1.75m for urgent roof repairs - but further work is needed. The Grade I-listed site, the ancestral home of poet Lord Byron, is on the heritage at risk register.

Aled Jones visits Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire. Curator Simon Brown explains how the abbey began as an Augustinian priory and it is thought one of the priests was Friar Tuck, one of Robin Hood's ...

after the heritage organisation described the building's condition as "poor". "Newstead Abbey is a gem in the county and is incredibly important. It's a thousand years old and the architecture is ...