Llanthony Priory, Remains Of Precinct Wall North Of Inner Gatehouse

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SO81NW LLANTHONY ROAD 844-1/3/158 (East side) 23/01/52 Llanthony Priory, Remains of Precinct Wall north of Inner Gatehouse (Formerly Listed as: HEMPSTED LANE Remains of Llanthony Priory)

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Precinct wall of Llanthony Priory to the north of the Remains of the Outer gatehouse (qv) on the west and north sides of the Outer Court. C15, rebuilt or extended in C17 and C18, later repairs. Ashlar and brick. EXTERIOR: the low central portion of the west wall with the remains of five equally spaced buttresses on the outer face, all in ashlar, formed the west wall of the west range within the Outer Court; cobbled floor relates to cattle shelter which stood on site from 1830 to 1880; the northern part of the west wall and the west end of the north wall of C18 masonry incorporating a reset medieval angle-buttress at the north-west corner; the continuation of the north wall to the east, of blue lias limestone for about 12m to each side of a bricked-up doorway, formed the rear wall of a C15 range with timber-framed upper storey demolished in 1800; beyond the former range the continuation of the wall to the east in C17 masonry to link with a cross wall which returns to the south-west corner of the Remains of the Tythe Barn (qv).

Listing NGR: SO8234718057