Priory Gatehouse, Usk
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]
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| Architectural style | medieval |
| Town or city | Usk |
| Country | Wales |
| Coordinates | 51.70244°N 2.90096°W |
| Designations | Grade I listed |
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
- "PRIORY GATEHOUSE, USK | Site Details". Coflein. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- Good Stuff IT Services (1953-02-16). "The Priory Gatehouse – Usk – Monmouthshire – Wales". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire, page 587
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References
- Newman, J. (2000). The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire. London: Penguin Books.
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