The Priory, Beech Hill | |
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Type | Country House |
Location | Beech Hill, Berkshire, England |
Coordinates | 51°22′25″N 0°59′02″W / 51.37370207759507°N 0.9840061326392457°W / 51.37370207759507; -0.9840061326392457 |
OS grid reference | SU 70817 64340 |
Built | 16c |
Built for | The Harrison family |
Rebuilt | 1648 |
Architectural style(s) | Elizabethan |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | The Priory Including Adjoining Wall on the North East 6582 6435 |
Designated | 13 April 1947; 77 years ago (1947-04-13) |
Reference no. | 1117130 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Dovecote and Adjoining Wall in The Priory Garden, Approximately 60 metres South West |
Designated | 13 April 1967; 57 years ago (1967-04-13) |
Reference no. | 1117131 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Granary at The Priory, Approximately 60 metres to the North |
Designated | 28 January 1987; 37 years ago (1987-01-28) |
Reference no. | 1117132 |
The Priory is an English country house. It is a historic Grade II* listed building. The house is located southeast of Beech Hill, Berkshire on the banks of the River Loddon.
History
Originally a hermitage associated with Beaumys Castle, located immediately to the northeast, it was later converted into Stratfield Saye Priory. The priory was dissolved in 1399.
The land was leased from 1558 to 1665 by the Harrison family, and it is presumed they built the current house, which has a date of 1648 on the central porch.
Architecture
The house is two-storey and three-gabled. It is built of red English bond brick. Northwest of the house are a dovecote and granary. The late 17th-century garden stretches out to the southwest and is bounded by brick buildings to the northwest and a small canal to the southeast.
References
- ^ Tyack, Geoffrey; Bradley, Simon; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Brindle, Steven (2010). Berkshire (New, rev. ed.). New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. p. 159. ISBN 9780300126624.
- Ford, David Nash. "Beech Hill". Royal Berkshire History. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
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