Launde Abbey is an Elizabethan Manor House, built on the site of an Augustinian Priory founded in 1119.

Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's chief minister responsible for the dissolution of the monasteries, so liked its position that he wrote in his diary- " Myself for Launde". But he never lived to occupy the house as he was executed for treason in 1540, the year that building work started. His son, Gregory, lived at Launde Abbey for ten years with his wife Elizabeth, who was sister to Queen Jane Seymour.

Within the House there is a beautiful Chapel thought to be all that remains of the original Priory Church. Some of its stained glass is mediaeval and Nicholas Pevsner has described the monument to Gregory Cromwell as "one of the purest monuments of the early Renaissance in England".

The Chapel is used for daily worship by the resident community and guests, and is a great attraction for visitors.