Priory Gatehouse, Usk Explained

The Priory Gatehouse, Usk
Architectural Style:medieval
Location Town:Usk
Location Country:Wales
Coordinates:51.7024°N -2.901°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. It stands beside the main entrance to the churchyard. It is a Grade I listed building.

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

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