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 | | This is Abbotsleigh House, probably built during 1847-48 and described by local agents as “a modern and very elegant Mansion of the Italian style of architecture, placed on a cheerful, healthy eminence, commanding very extensive and highly picturesque scenery, with pleasure grounds and walks tastefully arranged”. |
 | | Abbotsleigh (or Abbotsley as it was known in the early days) took its name from The Abbot’s Land, the land having belonged to the Abbot of Sherborne. |
 | | The large block to the left of Abbotsleigh House was the nunnery, with the nun’s cells on the first floor and the refectory, library and social areas on the ground floor. |
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