St. Olave's Priory

St Olave's Priory, Beccles Road, St Olaves

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: I
List Entry Number:: 1172374
Date first listed:: 27-Nov-1954
List Entry Name:: St. Olave's Priory
Statutory Address:: St Olave's Priory, Beccles Road, St Olaves

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: I
List Entry Number:: 1172374
Date first listed:: 27-Nov-1954
Date of most recent amendment:: 15-Jul-1988
List Entry Name:: St. Olave's Priory
Statutory Address 1:: St Olave's Priory, Beccles Road, St Olaves

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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Location

Statutory Address:: St Olave's Priory, Beccles Road, St Olaves

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Norfolk
District:: Great Yarmouth (District Authority)
Parish:: Fritton and St. Olaves
National Park:: THE BROADS
National Grid Reference:: TM 45860 99544

Details

TM 49 NE 10/29

FRITTON & ST. OLAVES BECCLES ROAD (north side) St. Olave's Priory

(Formerly listed in Herrinfleet CP)

27.11.54

G.V. I

Augustinian Priory, now ruinous. Founded c.1216 by Roger Fitz Osbert. Various building campaigns C13-C16. Dissolved 1534 and site purchased by Sir Henry Jerningham who constructed a three storey mansion north of cloisters incorporating monastic remains. This mansion demolished 1784. Further robbing of site 1823 to repair Herringfleet church. 1825-1902 refectory undercroft used as cottage. Partial excavation and restoration 1904. Restorations 1922-24 and 1984. Quaternary and Quarry flint, chert, brick and Lincolnshire Limestone ashlar. Part of the church, cloister and refectory survive. To north fragments of C16 Jerningham house can be deciphered.

Church. Located to south of cloister; five bays survive to east of west end, of early C13. Aisless, but a south aisle added 1300-1310. South wall of aisle now continuous with north range of garden wall of The Priory. Two C16 splayed slit lights. Two circular flint bases to aisle piers survive (piers were octagonal) and base of respond against west wall. Western doorways into nave and aisle blocked in C20. North wall of church is fragmentary.

Cloister. Square, early C13 with brick faced piers supporting roof of cloister walls: bases of three piers survive to north wall and four to south. West wall of cloister range survives pierced at north end by early C14 four-centred ashlar doorway. This would have led into Prior's lodging, guest rooms, parlour, kitchen and Cellerar's rooms. The north range 1300-1310 is part of refectory buildings.

Refectory. Undercroft survives but refectory on upper floor now demolished. Entered from cloister through an arched door. One arched window each side. West side pierced by C20 casement. North side had two doors, one now blocked, and three windows, two now blocked. All these openings with brick surrounds. East wall of brick, C20. Interior of six bays, the eastern bay now reduced. Two aisles with five central octagonal Purbeck marble piers with capitals and bases. Two eastern bays are separated by a C16 cross wall. Brick vault, quadripartite to each bay. Bays separated by transverse and longitudinal brick ribs. Wall springers rise from engaged brick shafts. Brickwork is plastered. Blocked doorway at north-west corner. of undercroft led into an external newel staircase to refectory above. Internal C16 staircase inserted in south side of western bay to serve Jerningham's house. Two further rooms abut refectory to north, constructed post 1537 as part of Jerningham's house. Flint and brick. Rooms open into each other through a re-used C14 four-centred brick doorway. C20 staircase in southern room rises to flat, felt-covered roof of undercroft. Scheduled Ancient Monument, County Number 398.

Listing NGR: TM4586099544

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Sources

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British Geological Survey, Strategic Stone Study, accessed 11 March 2020 from https://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/buildingStones/StrategicStoneStudy/EH_atlases.html

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.