THE PRIORY GATEHOUSE (OR ABBEY) GATEHOUSE WALL ADJOINING PRIORY GATEHOUSE TO SOUTH, FRONTING HIGH STREET

THE PRIORY GATEHOUSE (OR ABBEY) GATEHOUSE, HIGH STREET

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: I
List Entry Number:: 1374019
Date first listed:: 30-Nov-1951
List Entry Name:: THE PRIORY GATEHOUSE (OR ABBEY) GATEHOUSE WALL ADJOINING PRIORY GATEHOUSE TO SOUTH, FRONTING HIGH STREET
Statutory Address:: THE PRIORY GATEHOUSE (OR ABBEY) GATEHOUSE, HIGH STREET

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: I
List Entry Number:: 1374019
Date first listed:: 30-Nov-1951
Date of most recent amendment:: 15-Feb-1979
List Entry Name:: THE PRIORY GATEHOUSE (OR ABBEY) GATEHOUSE WALL ADJOINING PRIORY GATEHOUSE TO SOUTH, FRONTING HIGH STREET
Statutory Address 1:: THE PRIORY GATEHOUSE (OR ABBEY) GATEHOUSE, HIGH STREET
Statutory Address 2:: WALL ADJOINING PRIORY GATEHOUSE TO SOUTH, FRONTING HIGH STREET, HIGH STREET

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.

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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Location

Statutory Address:: THE PRIORY GATEHOUSE (OR ABBEY) GATEHOUSE, HIGH STREET
Statutory Address:: WALL ADJOINING PRIORY GATEHOUSE TO SOUTH, FRONTING HIGH STREET, HIGH STREET

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

County:: Norfolk
District:: North Norfolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Walsingham
National Grid Reference:: TF9341136811

Details

1. 5320 LITTLE WALSINGHAM HIGH STREET (East Side)

30.11.51. The Priory (or Abbey) Gatehouse (formerly listed as The Abbey, including all remains of Augustinian Priory). Wall adjoining Priory Gatehouse to south, fronting High Street TF 9336 NW 1/2A

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2. C15 gatehouse at west end of the Priory Church, on High Street frontage. Flint, rubble, with stone dressings. Large moulded 4-centred archway with 2 tall niches above with 3 panels between containing shields. Inside arch is another smaller 4-centred arch with large oak doors. Originally vaulted. New concrete floor with room above containing original fireplace and mullion/transom window with flanking niches. High flint wall adjoining south facing High Street: brick and flint at lower levels. Later C19 battlements with bracketed cornice.

Listing NGR: TF9341136811

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Legacy System number:: 223170
Legacy System:: LBS

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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.