The Priory Ruins is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 1953. A Medieval Ruins. 1 related planning application.

The Priory Ruins

WRENN ID
fallow-beam-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Christchurch MP: Sir Christopher Chope (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 October 1953
Type
Ruins
Period
Medieval
Address
The Priory Ruins, Church Street, BH23 1BS
OS grid reference
SZ 159 925
Coordinates
50.73196, -1.77548
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ruins comprise portions of stone rubble mediaeval walls, forming part of Christchurch Priory and its conventual buildings. These walls abut other walls, including a section of the gateway standing approximately 6 to 8 feet high. The ruins are part of a group that includes the Priory Church, the Priory Cottage, and buildings on Quay Road.

Local climate

The Priory Ruins 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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  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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  1. Priory Cottage Grade II* 21 m
  2. Christchurch Priory Churchyard Wall and Gate Along Quay Road Grade II 25 m
  3. Christchurch Priory Churchyard Wall Between Priory Church and Vicarage Grade II 62 m
  4. Christchurch Vicarage Grade II 64 m
  5. Red House Museum Grade II* 74 m
  6. Garden Boundary Wall to Red House Museum Grade II 90 m
  7. Gateway to Christchurch Churchyard Grade II* 92 m
  8. Vicarage Garden Wall (Along Frontage to Church Street) Grade II 95 m
  9. 1 and 2, Quay Road Grade II 99 m
  10. Railings, Gate and Wall at No 13 (Church Hatch) Grade II* 102 m