Priory Ruins is a Grade I listed building in the Dudley local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Priory.

Priory Ruins

WRENN ID
fading-wicket-jet
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Dudley
Constituency
Dudley MP: Sonia Kumar (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Priory
Period
Medieval
Address
Priory Ruins, Priory Park
OS grid reference
SO 943 908
Coordinates
52.51561, -2.08501
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Priory Ruins, founded in 1160 as a dependency of the Cluniac Priory of Much Wenlock, are constructed from limestone rubble. Remnants of the conventual church can still be seen, along with some exposed tiled pavements. The foundations of the claustral buildings are also present.

Local climate

Priory Ruins receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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