Priory Gatehouse, Usk

The Priory Gatehouse, Usk
The Priory Gatehouse, Usk
General information
Architectural style	medieval
Town or city	Usk
Country	Wales
Coordinates	51°42′09″N 2°54′03″W / 51.70244°N 2.90096°WCoordinates: 51°42′09″N 2°54′03″W / 51.70244°N 2.90096°W
Designations	Grade I listed

The Priory Gatehouse in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a surviving fragment of a Benedictine priory founded around 1135 and dissolved in 1536.^[1] It stands beside the main entrance to the churchyard. It is a Grade I listed building.^[2]

The gatehouse is of two storeys, with gables and wide inner and outer arches.^[3] The style of the windows suggests a "sixteenth century date, possibly even post-Dissolution".^[3]

Notes[]

^ "PRIORY GATEHOUSE, USK | Site Details". Coflein. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
^ Good Stuff IT Services (1953-02-16). "The Priory Gatehouse – Usk – Monmouthshire – Wales". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
^ ^a ^b The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire, page 587

References[]

Newman, J. (2000). The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire. London: Penguin Books.

[1] "PRIORY GATEHOUSE, USK | Site Details". Coflein. Retrieved 2012-02-12.

[2] Good Stuff IT Services (1953-02-16). "The Priory Gatehouse – Usk – Monmouthshire – Wales". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2012-02-12.

[autogenerated587-3] The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire, page 587

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