Portbury Priory Portbury Priory and Boundary Wall to South East
PORTBURY PRIORY AND BOUNDARY WALL TO SOUTH EAST, STATION ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1321021
- Date first listed:
- 13-Oct-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Portbury Priory Portbury Priory and Boundary Wall to South East
- Statutory Address:
- PORTBURY PRIORY AND BOUNDARY WALL TO SOUTH EAST, STATION ROAD
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2001-05-30
- Reference:
- IOE01/03624/31
- Rights:
- © Mr Derek Evans. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1321021
- Date first listed:
- 13-Oct-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Portbury Priory Portbury Priory and Boundary Wall to South East
- Statutory Address 1:
- PORTBURY PRIORY AND BOUNDARY WALL TO SOUTH EAST, STATION ROAD
- Statutory Address 2:
- PORTBURY PRIORY, CASWELL LANE
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:
- PORTBURY PRIORY AND BOUNDARY WALL TO SOUTH EAST, STATION ROAD
- Statutory Address:
- PORTBURY PRIORY, CASWELL LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Portbury
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 49834 75224
Details
ST 47 NE PORTBURY STATION ROAD (west side)
1/171 Portbury Priory and Boundary Wall 13.10.52 to south-east - II
Remains of Priory buildings, now a house. C14 to C15; restored and altered early C19. Rubble with freestone dressings rind quoins, ashlar; slate roof with coped raised verges. L-plan, probably a hall with a tower at the south. East elevation. 2 storeys and attics, to right part which is the probable hall; clad in ashlar; embattled parapet; diagonal buttress at right end with off-sets and pinnacle; lateral stack to left with single cusped light windows to each side (that to the right is late mediaeval); central buttress; string course over ground floor; plank door with chamfered surround and 4-centred head on ground floor at the north (right) end. At the south (left) end is a 4-stage tower: rubble to the upper part, ashlar to the lower; doorway with chamfered surround and 4-centred head; part of blocked window on first stage; moulded ashlar stringcourse. Extending from south-east corner of the tower is a late mediaeval wall, approximately 30 yards long and 12-15 feet high, rubble with some plaster, corbels at east end. The south wing (Caswell Lane) is 3 storeys with a number of blocked openings and one 4-light casement window with a king mullion, ovolo moulded mullions and surrounds; C20 2-light casement window on second floor. The west gable end has a 3-light C20 casement window on the ground floor and a slit window in a chamfered surround on the third floor. To the right the south elevation of the tower has slit vents in chamfered surrounds on the ground floor; a 2-light cross window on the second stage with hollow moulded mullions and surrounds and cusped heads to the lights; other blocked windows above. The rear elevation of the east range has two single light windows on the ground floor, one with a coarsely chamfered surround; two 2-light cross windows on first floor, hollow moulded mullions and surrounds and restored trefoil heads; at the left is a projecting square stairtower with quoins and 2 blocked slit vents in chamfered surrounds. The north gable end has a 3-light window with cusped tracery on the first floor, a 2-light casement on the second and to the right of the window are 2 blocked doorways in chamfered surrounds with 4-centred heads; part of ruined wall projects from,the right end with part of a blocked door. The Caswell Lane range has two single light windows in chamfered surrounds on first floor and blocked window on ground floor. Interior. East range has a vaulted undercroft; early C19 moulded pointed arch at south end of main room; remains of stair at north-west corner. South range: square-headed, chamfered fireplace on ground floor.
Listing NGR: ST4983775231
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 33566
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 03-Jul-2026 at 01:52:16.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.