Thoby Priory Ruins

Thoby Priory Ruins are the remnants of an Augustinian priory, dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. The structure is built from flint rubble and red brick in English bond. A section of the south wall of the presbytery, approximately 15 meters long, runs east-west and turns north for one meter at the eastern end, featuring a diagonal buttress at the corner. To the east, it adjoins an early 19th-century brick wall that is not of special architectural or historic interest. The ruins include two windows with two-centred arches, both splayed to the north, although the tracery is missing. The western window is largely obscured by creeper as of June 1989, while the eastern window, dating from the 15th century, is made of red bricks measuring 0.23 meters long, 0.10 meters wide, and 0.06 meters deep, shaped and blocked with red bricks in English bond up to a height of 2 meters. The rubble of the priory contains Roman brick and tile, with bonding courses of red brick similar to that of the eastern window. Some dressings of clunch are present, though much eroded, along with limestone. The priory was founded in the first half of the 12th century and was suppressed in 1525.