St John's Priory, Including the Ruins of the Priory
ST JOHN'S PRIORY, INCLUDING THE RUINS OF THE PRIORY, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1025316
- Date first listed:
- 28-Aug-1951
- List Entry Name:
- St John's Priory, Including the Ruins of the Priory
- Statutory Address:
- ST JOHN'S PRIORY, INCLUDING THE RUINS OF THE PRIORY, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1025316
- Date first listed:
- 28-Aug-1951
- List Entry Name:
- St John's Priory, Including the Ruins of the Priory
- Statutory Address 1:
- ST JOHN'S PRIORY, INCLUDING THE RUINS OF THE PRIORY, HIGH STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ST JOHN'S PRIORY, INCLUDING THE RUINS OF THE PRIORY, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Folkestone and Hythe (District Authority)
- Parish:
- New Romney
- National Grid Reference:
- TR 06441 24829
Details
TR 0624
1/14
HIGH STREET(North West Side)
St John's Priory, including the ruins of the Priory
28.8.51.
GV
II*
A large L-shaped house with early C18 front, possibly older behind the facade.
2-storeys attics and basement red brick on a base of stone rubble with flint
galleting. Tiled roof with 2 hipped dormers to the Ashford Road elevation.
Parapet. 7 sashes facing High Street, 3 sashes and 2 blank window spaces facing
Ashford Road. Glazing bars intact except in 3 ground floor windows on the
High Street front and brick architraves above. Doorcase up 5 steps in a
moulded architrave surround with rectangular fanlight, large flat hood on carved
brackets and door of 8 fielded panels. 2 inserted bow windows. The side facing
Ashford Road has a recessed doorcase with rectangular fanlight over. The
interior retains some panelling and a good staircase with 2 turned balusters
to each tread and scrolled tread ends.
To the rear of the house are the ruins of a medieval Priory founded in the Cl3.
The main part of these consists of a small building of stone rubble with a
tiled roof. 2 storeys. 3 windows, 1 of which is a small rectangular window.
The other windows have 2 lights each, with a corbel head in the spandrel
between the lights and a dripstone over. Pointed doorway (now bricked up) with
similar corbel head over. Another pointed doorway (unblocked) to the North
without corbel head. Beamed interior. Behind this complete building to the
North is a reconstructed wall made up of Medieval stones. It contains one
small pointed window, 2 small rectangular windows, 1 blocked window of 2 quatrefoil-
headed lights with a corbel bracket over, and in the centre of the wall a large
depressed (almost square-headed) archway (now bricked up) with the remains of a
window over it and a corbel bracket.
Nos 38 & 40, St John's Priory, Nos 46 & 48 form a group.
Listing NGR: TR0644124829
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 175049
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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