March 1106 A.D. Wetheral Priory, Wetheral, Cumbria, UK—Founded in 1106 by Benedictine Monks from St. Mary’s
March 1106 A.D. Wetheral Priory, Wetheral,
Cumbria, UK—Founded in 1106 by Benedictine Monks from St. Mary’s, York &
Ranulph Meschim, Earl of Cumberland;
Dissolve 20 Oct 1538; Priory
Church Called “Church of Holy Trinity and Saint Constantine;” Diocese of
Carlisle; 314 Miles NW of London, About 2200 as the Crow Flies
Wetheral Priory Gatehouse
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Wetheral Priory
Gatehouse is almost all that remains of the Benedictine Wetheral Priory in Wetheral, Cumbria. Wetheral Priory, was founded in 1106 from its motherhouse of St. Mary's
Abbey, York. The gatehouse is virtually the only standing remnant of the much
grander Priory buildings, and was the main entry into the monastic outer
court. It is a grade I listed building. [1]
The building as seen today dates from the 15th
century. It has a pair of domestic chambers on two floors above the main
entrance way. These may have been accommodation for a Priory official or
guest rooms for visitors or travellers. Some low ruined walls are still in
place behind the farm buildings, but the rest of the priory was destroyed
following the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII. The
gatehouse survived as the vicarage to the local church, and is now in the
care of English Heritage.
References
1. Jump up^ "Name: WETHERAL PRIORY GATEHOUSE List entry
Number: 1087695". English Heritage. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
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