 After his death a decade later, the nephew who inherited the property sold the abbey in 1895 to Sir Clifford Cory, colliery owner, shipping magnate and Liberal politician, who lived there until his death in 1941.After his death, it became a depot for the American Army during the Second World War.In 1946 it became again a monastic institution, in the hands of the Sisters of St Joseph of Annecy.