Torre Abbey is a historic monastic building and art gallery in Torquay, Devon, in southwest England. It was founded in 1196 as a monastery for Premonstratensian canons after the local lord William Brewer granted land to six canons from Welbeck Abbey in Nottinghamshire, and by the 16th century it had become the wealthiest Premonstratensian house in England before its dissolution under Henry VIII in 1539. The site passed through private owners, including the Cary family for several centuries, before Torquay Borough Council bought it in 1930. It is now managed by Torbay Council as a museum of medieval and Georgian architecture and as an art gallery holding what is described as the third largest art collection in Devon. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountTorquay, United Kingdom 3 Completed Year Building Type
Building Type (category) Building Type (category) Classification
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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1. Torre Abbey (Wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_Abbey, lead definition
Torre Abbey is a historic building and art gallery in Torquay, Devon, which lies in the South West of England.
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
Torre Abbey is a historic monastic building and art gallery in Torquay, Devon, in southwest England. It was founded in 1196 as a monastery for Premonstratensian canons after the local lord William Brewer granted land to six canons from Welbeck Abbey in Nottinghamshire, and by the 16th century it had become the wealthiest Premonstratensian house in England before its dissolution under Henry VIII in 1539. The site passed through private owners, including the Cary family for several centuries, before Torquay Borough Council bought it in 1930. It is now managed by Torbay Council as a museum of medieval and Georgian architecture and as an art gallery holding what is described as the third largest art collection in Devon.
View the Source2. Wikidata: Torre Abbey
- Wikidata Q764701, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)
- Wikidata Q764701, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
View the Source3. Torre Abbey (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Abbey)
Wikidata item Q764701, instance of (P31): abbey
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Torquay, United Kingdom
Wikidata item Q764701, property P131/P17 (location): Torquay, United Kingdom
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