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Priory Gatehouse, Usk

Coordinates: 51°42′09″N 2°54′03″W / 51.70244°N 2.90096°W / 51.70244; -2.90096
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The Priory Gatehouse, Usk
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General information
Architectural stylemedieval
Town or cityUsk
CountryWales
Coordinates51°42′09″N 2°54′03″W / 51.70244°N 2.90096°W / 51.70244; -2.90096
DesignationsGrade I listed

The Priory Gatehouse in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a surviving fragment of a Benedictine priory founded around 1135 and dissolved in 1536.[1] It stands beside the main entrance to the churchyard. It is a Grade I listed building.[2]

The gatehouse is of two storeys, with gables and wide inner and outer arches. The style of the windows suggests a "sixteenth century date, possibly even post-Dissolution".[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Priory Gatehouse, Usk (20702)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  2. ^ Cadw (16 February 1953). "Priory Gatehouse, Usk (2126)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  3. ^ Newman 2000, p. 587.

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