Syningthwaite Priory

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Syningthwaite Priory was a priory in Bilton-in-Ainsty in North Yorkshire, England, the refectory of which has been converted into a farmhouse.

Syningthwaite is the site of the Cistercian convent of St Mary, founded c. 1150–1160 by Bertram Haget and suppressed in 1535, [1] having been heavily in debt in the early 16th century. At the Dissolution the priory housed nine nuns, the prioress, eight servants and other labourers. [2] The priory site is enclosed by a moat and includes a Chapel Garth. [3]

The refectory range of the priory survives as the rear range of a farmhouse. The rest of the building is post-Mediaeval, and the front range dates from the early 19th century. It is built of limestone with some brick, and has a roof of pantile at the rear and grey slate on the front range. There are two storeys, a front range of three bays and a three-bay wing at the rear. The front range has a central doorway with a fanlight, and sash windows with splayed voussoirs. In the rear wing is a round-arched doorway with a chamfered surround, colonettes with weathered capitals, leaf motifs in the moulded spandrels, and a hood mould with carved stops. The windows include a three-light mullioned window with Tudor arched lights and a hood mould, sash windows, a horizontally-sliding sash, and a fire window. [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Genuki: BILTON: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1890, Yorkshire (Ainsty)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Syningthwaite Priory Farmhouse (Grade I) (1150361)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Sinningthwaite [sic] Priory". www.heritagegateway.org.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  4. ↑ Historic England. "Syningthwaite Priory Farmhouse, Bilton-in-Ainsty with Bickerton (1150361)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  5. ↑ Leach, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009). Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN   978-0-300-12665-5.

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