The Priory, Beech Hill

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The Priory, Beech Hill
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The Priory, Beech Hill (England)
Type Country House
Location Beech Hill, Berkshire, England
Coordinates 51°22′25″N0°59′02″W / 51.37370207759507°N 0.9840061326392457°W / 51.37370207759507; -0.9840061326392457
OS grid reference SU 70817 64340
Built16th century
Built forThe Harrison family
Rebuilt1648
Architectural style(s) Elizabethan
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameThe Priory including adjoining wall on the north east 6582 6435
Designated13 April 1947;78 years ago (1947-04-13)
Reference no. 1117130
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameDovecote and adjoining wall in The Priory garden, approximately 60 metres south west
Designated13 April 1967;58 years ago (1967-04-13)
Reference no. 1117131
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameGranary at The Priory, approximately 60 metres to the north
Designated28 January 1987;38 years ago (1987-01-28)
Reference no. 1117132

The Priory is a historic Grade II* listed English country house. It is located southeast of Beech Hill, Berkshire on the banks of the River Loddon. [1]

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History

Originally a hermitage associated with Beaumys Castle, located immediately to the northeast, it was later converted into Stratfield Saye Priory. The priory was dissolved in 1399. [2]

The land was leased from 1558 to 1665 by the Harrison family, and it is presumed they built the current house, which has a date of 1648 on the central porch. [1]

In 1947 The Priory was designated a Grade II* listed building. [3] The dovecote in the garden was Grade II listed in 1967 [4] and granary similarly listed in 1987. [5]

Architecture

The house is two-storey and three-gabled. It is built of red English bond brick. Northwest of the house are a dovecote and granary. The late 17th-century garden stretches out to the southwest and is bounded by brick buildings to the northwest and a small canal to the southeast. [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tyack, Geoffrey; Bradley, Simon; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Brindle, Steven (2010). Berkshire (New, rev. ed.). New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. p. 159. ISBN   9780300126624.
  2. ↑ Nash Ford, David. "Beech Hill". Royal Berkshire History. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  3. ↑ Historic England. "The Priory including adjoining wall on the north east 6582 6435 (1117130)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Historic England. "Dovecote and adjoining wall in The Priory garden, approximately 60 metres south west (1117131)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  5. ↑ Historic England. "Granary at The Priory, approximately 60 metres to the north (1117132)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 August 2025.


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