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Description: | The priory, which was a cell of the Benedictine abbey of St Albans, was founded at the end of the 11th century by Peter de Valoines. It is one of the few monastic foundations in Norfolk in which the precinct can be seen to remain essentially intact, and within the clearly defined precinct boundaries it contains a variety of structural remains and other features, many of which have been disturbed very little by later activity. The priory was supressed in 1539 and most of its property was granted to Sir Thomas Paston. Originally an apsidal, cruciform church with adjacent priory buildings. All is now in ruins apart from the parochial part of the previously conventual/parochial church which is still in use. Scheduled. | Subjects: | Wall Water Channel Religious Ritual And Funerary Undercroft Privy House Monastic Dwelling Domestic Dormitory Cloister Gatehouse Infirmary Kitchen Brewhouse Agriculture And Subsistence Fishpond Laundry Mill House Boundary Wall Warming House Washing Place Refectory Health And Welfare Guest House Drain Chapter House Commercial Benedictine Monastery Industrial Hearth Granary Barn Chapel Timber Framed Building Conduit Cemetery Priory Building Platform Watermill Mill Pond Water Supply And Drainage Church | Source: | English Heritage - Viewfinder | Creator: | National Monuments Record | Identifier: | http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk... | Language: | en | Go to resource |
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