Priory Gatehouse is a Grade I listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1951. A Medieval Gatehouse.
Priory Gatehouse
- WRENN ID
- sacred-obsidian-mallow
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1951
- Type
- Gatehouse
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Priory Gatehouse, Church Green, West Acre, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- OS grid reference
- TF 780 152
- Coordinates
- 52.70549, 0.63391
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Priory Gatehouse is a Grade I listed gatehouse from the 14th century, serving as the north entrance to the outer court of the Priory of St. Mary and All Saints, which was founded around 1100 by the de Toni family and later adopted the Augustinian rule. The priory was dissolved in 1538, making it one of the first major religious houses to surrender. The gatehouse is constructed from flint with stone dressings and is currently roofless, standing at two storeys.
On the north side, there is a double hollow chamfered arch with a pointed shape, supported by chamfered jambs. Above this arch are three shields displaying coats of arms, which were identifiable in the 18th century as belonging to the de Toni and Beauchamp families, including the Earls of Warwick. The first floor features a single chamfered lancet window and the springing of the gable. A buttress at the south-east angle has set offs.
Inside the arch, angle shafts support quadripartite stone rib vaults that have brick infilling. The south face of the gatehouse contains two pointed arches within a single embrasure, along with the remains of a second inner vault's springing. Clunch and brick courses are visible above. The site is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, with County Number 170.
Local climate
Priory Gatehouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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