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Lee Abbey, founded in 1946, is an ecumenical Christian community between Woody Bay and Lynmouth in Devon, England. It is a Grade II listed building. The first building on the site may have been a farmhouse built by Cistercian abbots of Forde Abbey around 1200. The current Gothic Revival buildings are from the 1850s. In the 1920s it was bought and used unsuccessfully as a hotel. During World War II a boys' school was evacuated to Lee Abbey. After the war the dilapidated buildings were bought for use as a Christian retreat and extensive building work has taken place from the 1950s to the present day.

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  • Lee Abbey, founded in 1946, is an ecumenical Christian community between Woody Bay and Lynmouth in Devon, England. It is a Grade II listed building. The first building on the site may have been a farmhouse built by Cistercian abbots of Forde Abbey around 1200. The current Gothic Revival buildings are from the 1850s. In the 1920s it was bought and used unsuccessfully as a hotel. During World War II a boys' school was evacuated to Lee Abbey. After the war the dilapidated buildings were bought for use as a Christian retreat and extensive building work has taken place from the 1950s to the present day. The site now offers retreats, group weekends and Christian family holidays. The community also has accommodation in London. There is a beach with parking, a small donation is required and there are wash rooms, a tea shop (not open Sundays or during the winter) and an occasional shop. (en)
  • Lee Abbey är en kristen, ekumenisk organisation i England som har sin grund i Anglikanska kyrkan. Dess vision är att dela tron på Jesus genom relationer. Lee Abbey grundades i Devon där organisationen driver ett konferens-, reteat- och semestercenter på sin 1,1 km² stora egendom nära Lynton, North Devon. Sedan det grundades 1945 har verksamheten utvidgats till att inkludera ungdomsläger samt ett ungdomscenter på egendomen i Devon, ett internationellt studenthem i centrala London samt hushållsgemenskaper i Bristol, Birmingham och Blackburn. (sv)
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  • Lee Abbey är en kristen, ekumenisk organisation i England som har sin grund i Anglikanska kyrkan. Dess vision är att dela tron på Jesus genom relationer. Lee Abbey grundades i Devon där organisationen driver ett konferens-, reteat- och semestercenter på sin 1,1 km² stora egendom nära Lynton, North Devon. Sedan det grundades 1945 har verksamheten utvidgats till att inkludera ungdomsläger samt ett ungdomscenter på egendomen i Devon, ett internationellt studenthem i centrala London samt hushållsgemenskaper i Bristol, Birmingham och Blackburn. (sv)
  • Lee Abbey, founded in 1946, is an ecumenical Christian community between Woody Bay and Lynmouth in Devon, England. It is a Grade II listed building. The first building on the site may have been a farmhouse built by Cistercian abbots of Forde Abbey around 1200. The current Gothic Revival buildings are from the 1850s. In the 1920s it was bought and used unsuccessfully as a hotel. During World War II a boys' school was evacuated to Lee Abbey. After the war the dilapidated buildings were bought for use as a Christian retreat and extensive building work has taken place from the 1950s to the present day. (en)
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  • Lee Abbey (en)
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