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St Mary's Priory Ruins

A Grade I Listed Building in Guisborough, Redcar and Cleveland

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Latitude: 54.5362 / 54°32'10"N

Longitude: -1.0472 / 1°2'49"W

OS Eastings: 461748

OS Northings: 516077

OS Grid: NZ617160

Mapcode National: GBR PH4Z.2N

Mapcode Global: WHF8D.W7HT

Plus Code: 9C6WGXP3+F4

Entry Name: St Mary's Priory Ruins

Listing Date: 14 June 1952

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1329543

English Heritage Legacy ID: 59926

ID on this website: 101329543

Location: Priory Gardens, Guisborough, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, TS14

County: Redcar and Cleveland

Civil Parish: Guisborough

Built-Up Area: Guisborough

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Guisborough St Nicholas

Church of England Diocese: York

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Description


NZ6116 GUISBOROUGH CHURCH STREET
(OFF SOUTH SIDE)

7/58 St. Mary's
14.6.52 Priory ruins.

GV I

Remains of Augustinian Priory founded 1119 by Robert de Brus.
Consists of : late C13 E. wall of church; foundations of W. end
including bases of nave piers; late C13 - C14 cellarer's range,
to S.W., at S. end of which is a service passage with 3 bays of
quadripartite rib vaulting intact; and lower courses of the Curia
and N. aisle wall, including fireplace and 2 doorways, surmounted
by late C18 high dressed sandstone boundary wall: continued E. to
adjoin the E. wall of Priory church. All of dressed sandstone.
Scheduled Ancient Monument No. 19. ("V.C.H. Yorkshire, North
Riding" Vol. II, 1923, pp 352-353; N. Pevsner " ....Yorks North
Riding", 1966, pp 177-178; B.J.D. Harrison & G. Dixon (Ed's),
"Guisborough Before 1900", 1981, pp 11-23; and R. Gilyard-Beer,
"Gisborough Priory", D.o.E., 1981.)


Listing NGR: NZ6174816091

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