Priory House is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1976. House. 2 related planning applications.

Priory House

WRENN ID
eastward-sentry-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Christchurch MP: Sir Christopher Chope (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 February 1976
Type
House
Address
Priory House, Quay Road, BH23 1BX
OS grid reference
SZ 160 924
Coordinates
50.73189, -1.77405
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Priory House is a building dating to 1763, constructed or improved at that time by Gustavus Brander, an early curator of the British Museum. It is built of red brick with grey brick headers, features an eaves cornice, and has a tiled roof. The house is two storeys high with one dormer window. It has six windows in total, including a bay window positioned off-centre. The windows are sash windows, with bars on the first floor. A three-window addition exists to the east. The former King of France, Louis Philippe, resided here for a period from 1807 during his first exile in England, following the French Revolution. Priory House forms a group with Priory Cottage, The Priory, the Priory Ruins, and Christchurch Priory Church.

Local climate

Priory House receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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  5. The Priory Ruins Grade II 101 m
  6. Boundary Walls at Priory Gardens (Including Building Now Used As Gardeners Store) Grade II 109 m
  7. Place Mill Grade II* 112 m
  8. Sundial in Priory Churchyard Grade II 113 m
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