timber, cornices and fittings were also auctioned in 1844. Although the sub-basement for the current house is built with bricks much older than the house and so it is believed are the bricks from Craven Howard's house. The house is currently Grade I listed, currently on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register as being in a 'very bad' state and is in immediate risk of further rapid deterioration. Historic England says that the current owners have made progress with repairs to the stable block but the main house is still at risk. The house has been unoccupied since at least 1968 although the current owners live in the Stable block; its "remaining contents" were sold in 1953. In 1977 permission was sought to demolish the house by the then owner Mrs Anne Lee; it was however, refused. She was also advised by the council to apply again, but did not. In 1987 English Heritage used Section 101 of the 1971 Town and Country Planning Act to conduct "urgent works which the owner is unwilling to do". The Secretary of State had the power to reclaim the costs of the building work from Mrs Lee, and the following year the house was listed for sale. The house then passed through multiple hands until 1999, when the current owners bought the Abbey and have now made considerable progress to it. The Revesby Abbey Preservation Trust was formed over 20 years ago but was shut down by trading standards; the new owners have "made progress". Remains of the medieval abbey Nothing of the abbey is visible today which was to the SW of the present house and the village of Revesby. Excavations undertaken in 1869 only located the abbey church and cloister. In 1870 the skeletons of several monks were found. Earthworks indicate the extent of the abbey precinct, and reveal the location of 3 rectangular fishponds. References Bibliography The Cistercian Abbeys of Britain, ed David Robinson, Batsford 1998 A History of the County of Lincolnshire: Volume II, The Victoria County History 1906 External links "The Abbey of Revesby"; British History Online ("Houses of Cistercian monks - The abbey of Revesby'", A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2, 1906, pp. 141–143). Retrieved 17 May 2012 "Revesby Abbey and Stable Yard, Revesby", British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 17 May 2012 www.revesbyabbey.co.uk Country House Restoration Monasteries in Lincolnshire Cistercian monasteries in England Country houses