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Bayham Abbey ruins include much of the 13th to 15th-century church, the chapter house and a 14th-century gatehouse. It was built in the first half of the 13th century by Premonstratensian canons and by the 15th century the original design had been enlarged with new transepts. The abbey was amongst the first to be dissolved in 1538. It was leased by the King to Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, until Queen Elizabeth sold the estate. After various changes in ownership Bayham was sold to Sir John Pratt in 1714 and remained with that family until 1961 when it was donated to English Heritage. It is now set in grounds designed by famous landscape gardener Humphry Repton.

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