Remains of Blackfriars Priory is a Grade II* listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1952. A C13 Priory.
Remains of Blackfriars Priory
- WRENN ID
- stony-eave-summer
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 June 1952
- Type
- Priory
- Address
- Remains of Blackfriars Priory, Widemarsh Street, Hereford
- OS grid reference
- SO 511 404
- Coordinates
- 52.06, -2.71334
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of Blackfriars Priory, a Dominican friary founded around 1276, are located on Widemarsh Street in Hereford. The existing ruins include the refectory and the Priors House, which date back to around 1322. Some additions were made in the 17th century. The site underwent restoration in 1962 and 1963.
Local climate
Remains of Blackfriars Priory receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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