Ruins Of Newark Priory is a Grade I listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1967. A Late C12 Priory.
Ruins Of Newark Priory
- WRENN ID
- nether-ember-yew
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1967
- Type
- Priory
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ruins of Newark Priory are the remains of a priory founded in the late 12th century, possibly by Raul de Calna and his wife Beatrice de Saudes, for Augustinian Canons. The priory was dissolved in 1538 or 1539 by Henry VIII. The structure is made of flint rubble with lime mortar. Excavations in 1928 uncovered a 13th-century cruciform church along with a cloister, kitchens, farm buildings, a gatehouse, and a separate tower or steeple.
Currently, the visible remains include the south transept, which stands to its full height but is unroofed, the south wall of the passage to the farm buildings, and the north and south walls of the presbytery and choir, which are also intact to full height. Part of the north chapel is still present. The gable end of the south transept features one lancet window opening and three window openings on the east and west walls. The south walls of the presbytery and choir have five window openings, while the north wall has three windows.
The site is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, recorded as Surrey Antiquity No. 18.
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