The Priory (St Wilfred'S)

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TQ 0107 1/4

LONDON ROAD (North Side) The Priory (St Wilfred's)

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1. Rebuilt in early C19 [not marked on 1785 map, therefore presumably ruinous at this date. Appears in present form on engraving by T Allom, d.1842]. Former College of Holy Trinity, attached to, and contemporary with the Fitzalan Chapel. Dissolved at Reformation, abandoned, then re-established in C19 as convent of Servite Nuns . Now an orphanage. Nodular flint. Pulborough stone dressings in medieval parts, and some early C19 parts. Ashlar dressings elsewhere. Some random Pulborough stone, upper greensand, and clunch in medieval parts. 2 storeys. Crenellated parapet (machicolated on west elevation of south range). 2 ranges, set at 90 degrees, and 1 C14 wall to another, non-existent range, thus forming 3 sides of a courtyard of which the 4th is the south wall of the Fitzalan Chapel. South elevation of south range has low tower at west end. 13 ranges of 2-light, cusped, pointed arched casement windows with diagonal lead glazing bars, set in oblong surrounds with moulded reveals. 2 doors with pointed arched heads set in oblong panels with moulded reveals, and with steps up flanked by iron railings with urn finials. 2 buttresses. West elevation of south range has 1 range of 4-light, cusped pointed arched windows set in square recessed panels with moulded reveals, and 4 quatrefoil panels between storeys. 1 door. C14 wall is pierced by unglazed 2-light windows with cusped trefoil heads, and embrasures splayed internally.

Listing NGR: TQ0168607208