Priory Gatehouse is a Grade I listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1951. Gatehouse.

Priory Gatehouse

WRENN ID
little-pinnacle-acorn
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Country
England
Date first listed
3 April 1951
Type
Gatehouse
Source
Historic England listing

Description

THETFORD

TL8683 ABBEYGATE 617-1/5/3 (North West side) 03/04/51 Priory Gatehouse (Formerly Listed as: Remains of Cluniac Priory, Abbey House grounds)

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Priory gatehouse. C14. Cut flint with ashlar dressings. No roof. 3 storeys. North and south faces similar, except north has diagonal corner buttresses while south has polygonal towers. Central segmental arch with chamfers north and south. First floor with one 3-light cusped window and second floor with one 2-light cusped window, both under square heads. Repeated to north. South-east tower with winder staircase. First floor has fireplace in west wall and a garderobe in south-west tower, with a vaulted ceiling. Fireplace to second floor also. (Raby F J E: Thetford Priory: London: 1979-: 9).

Listing NGR: TL8657583524

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