New Romney Priory, or the Priory of St John the Baptist was a 13th-century monastic grange in New Romney, Kent, England. Remains of the priory survive in the town.
| New Romney Priory | |
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 Looking south along Ashford Road towards High Street, showing the building and wall of the priory | |
| Location | New Romney, Kent |
| Coordinates | 50°59′8.880″N 0°56′23.788″E / 50.98580000°N 0.93994111°E |
| OS grid reference | TR 064 248 |
| Built | 13th century |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Designated | 28 August 1951 |
| Reference no. | 1025316 |
| Designated | 3 July 1995 |
| Reference no. | 1011803 |
  Location of New Romney Priory in Kent | |
History
editBoniface, Archbishop of Canterbury, granted in 1264 the advowson of the Church of St Nicholas in New Romney to Pontigny Abbey in France, making Romney a cell of the abbey. It is thought that the "priory" was a monastic grange.[1]
During the 14th and 15th centuries there were wars with France; the possessions of Pontigny Abbey were taken into the King's custody, and were finally confiscated about 1414. In 1439 Henry VI granted the priory to All Souls College, Oxford.[1]
Description
editSt John's Priory House, an 18th-century building on the corner of High Street and Ashford Road, together with a small two-storey medieval building on Ashford Road next to the house, and an adjoining wall along the road, are Grade II* listed.[2] Remains of the priory west of the wall are a scheduled monument.[1]
The small medieval building, of which the original purpose in not known, is of stone rubble. It has two pointed doorways, one of which is bricked up; there are three windows each with two lights, with a corbel-head in the spandrel between the lights. The adjacent wall is thought to be reconstructed from medieval stones; it has various windows and a bricked-up archway.[2][3] The remains of the priory in the large garden west of the wall include a wall and archway, of brick and medieval stone; further remains are preserved below ground. [1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Historic England. "Part of a Cistercian grange, north of New Romney High Street, also known as Romney Priory (1011803)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Historic England. "St John's Priory, including the ruins of the priory (1025316)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "St John's Priory" theromneymarsh.net. Retrieved 19 November 2021.