 As at the neighbouring house of Forde Abbey, this was never completed, due to the dissolution of the abbey.Like most of the smaller Cistercian houses, comparatively little is known about the internal history of the abbey.In its early years Cleeve received grants of land and property from local lords and the Crown to supplement its initial endowment and in the prosperous years of the thirteenth century grew steadily, reaching 26 monks in 1297.