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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.[3] The style of the windows suggests a "sixteenth century date, possibly even post-Dissolution".[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "PRIORY GATEHOUSE, USK | Site Details". Coflein. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  2. ^ Good Stuff IT Services (1953-02-16). "The Priory Gatehouse – Usk – Monmouthshire – Wales". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  3. ^ a b The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire, page 587

References

  • Newman, J. (2000). The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire. London: Penguin Books.