Hailes Abbey was one of the last religious institutions to acquiesce following the Dissolution Act of 1536. Abbot Stephen Sagar and his monks finally surrendered their abbey to King Henry VIII's commissioners on Christmas Eve 1539.
After the Dissolution, the west range was converted into a house and was home to the Tracy family in the seventeenth century, but these buildings were later demolished and now all that remains are a few outlines in the grass.
The abbey is now in the care of the National Trust and English Heritage.