now all that remains are a few low arches in a meadow with outlines in the grass. Surviving remains include the small church for the disappeared parish, with unrestored medieval wall-paintings. In 1937 the site was donated to the National Trust and in 1948 the Ministry of Works, a predecessor of English Heritage, assumed responsibility for the abbey. Burials Among those buried at the Abbey were the founder, Richard of Cornwall, his second wife, Sanchia of Provence, and his sons, Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall and Henry of Almain. Hailes Church Outside the remains of the Abbey is Hailes Church. The church is older than the abbey, and was consecrated in 1175. It later served as the capella ante portas (Latin for 'chapel outside the gates') to the Abbey until the Abbey's dissolution in 1539. Inside the church are fine 14th-century wall paintings depicting St Catherine and St Christopher, on the north wall, and St Margaret and coursing scenes, on the south. The church is also a Grade I listed building. The church is part of the Eastern Parishes benefice, north of Winchcombe, and occasional services are held. See also Ashridge Priory, Hertfordshire which also received a relic of the Holy Blood Hailes Castle, Gloucestershire Hayles Abbey Halt railway station References External links Hailes Abbey information at English Heritage Hailes Abbey: place of pilgrimage on Google Arts & Culture Detailed historical record for Hailes Abbey Religious organizations established in the 1240s 1539 disestablishments in England English Heritage sites in Gloucestershire Cistercian monasteries in England National Trust properties in Gloucestershire Tourist attractions in Gloucestershire Monasteries in Gloucestershire Grade I listed churches in Gloucestershire Christian monasteries established in the 13th century Museums in Gloucestershire Religious museums in England 1245 establishments in England Grade I listed monasteries Ruins in Gloucestershire Stanway, Gloucestershire Monasteries dissolved under the English Reformation