Woodspring Priory
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Woodspring Priory is a former Augustinian priory beside the Severn Estuary about 3 miles (5 km) north-east of Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset. It was founded in the early thirteenth century, and dedicated to Thomas Becket (the founder was a grandson of Reginald Fitzurse, one of Becket's murderers). After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the priory was converted into a farmhouse. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.[1] It is now owned by the Landmark Trust and rented out as holiday accommodation. There is also a small museum on the site with photographs and information about the history of the priory and its renovation by the Landmark Trust.[2]
The 15th-century barn,[3] east cloister wall,[4] farmhouse range,[5] gatehouse, gates and mounting block,[6] infirmary,[7] and west wall [8] are also listed buildings.
Woodspring Priory is near the scenic limestone promontory of Sand Point otherwise known as Middle Hope, owned by the National Trust. The priory gave its name to the Woodspring District of the former county of Avon, and the Woodspring parliamentary constituency of North Somerset.
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- ^ "Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=263898. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
- ^ http://www.bobkingsley.co.uk/blog/?p=110
- ^ "Barn c. 50 metres north-west of Priory Church". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=33315. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
- ^ "East cloister wall". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=33312. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
- ^ "Farmhouse range". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=33306. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
- ^ "Gatehouse, gates and mounting block". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=33311. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
- ^ "Infirmary". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=33314. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
- ^ "West wall". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=33313. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
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- Woodspring Priory - Landmark Trust
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- Outside image of the Priory
- Woodspring Priory - history and photos
- Visit to Woodspring Priory
- Monasteries in Somerset
- Augustinian monasteries in England
- Landmark Trust properties in England
- Churches in North Somerset
- Museums in Somerset
- History museums in Somerset
- Grade I listed buildings in Somerset
- Grade I listed churches
- Christian monasteries established in the 13th century
- Country houses in Somerset
