In some of the grandest rooms of Newstead Abbey - the former home of the romantic poet Lord Byron - rotting timbers and crumbling plaster from water ingress is causing concern for the Grade I ...

The ancestral Home of the Poet Lord Byron, Newstead Abbey is the inspiration for poetry written during his life here. Formerly a medieval priory, Newstead retains much of its monastic structure.

The Grade I-listed site, the ancestral home of poet Lord Byron, is on the heritage at risk register. Urgent repair work is due to take place at Newstead Abbey to remove it from an "at risk" register.