Titchfield Abbey

Once we got settled into our new house sit in Farnham, we headed out for a look at Titchfield Abbey. This abbey was first built in the 13th century After Henry VIII confiscated all the church property, he gave this place to Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton who transformed it into a Tudor mansion.



Today, it stands alone in a field, open to the public nearly every day.

From English Heritage:

Royal guests at the house included Edward VI, Elizabeth I and Charles I with his queen, Henrietta Maria. Wriothesley’s grandson Henry, 3rd Earl of Southampton, was a patron of William Shakespeare and it is believed that some of Shakespeare’s plays were performed here for the first time.

The signage at the abbey says that the ground floor room in the image below is where Shakespeare's plays are thought to have been performed. So this place has its own special place in history.

There are details such as this window still intact.

Other portions and not so well preserved.

With the stairs all missing from the circular stair wells, they are now silos with a clear view of the sky. Viewed this way, it is much easier to see how the stairs case was built.