The Priory, Beech Hill Explained

The Priory, Beech Hill
Type:Country House
Coordinates:51.3737°N -0.984°W
Gbgridref:SU 70817 64340
Location:Beech Hill, Berkshire, England
Architecture:Elizabethan
Built:16c
Built For:The Harrison family
Rebuilt:1648
Designation1:Grade II* Listed Building
Designation1 Offname:The Priory Including Adjoining Wall on the North East 6582 6435
Designation2:Grade II Listed Building
Designation2 Offname:Dovecote and Adjoining Wall in The Priory Garden, Approximately 60 metres South West
Designation3:Grade II Listed Building
Designation3 Offname:Granary at The Priory, Approximately 60 metres to the North

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

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]

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Tyack . Geoffrey . Bradley . Simon . Pevsner . Nikolaus . Brindle . Steven . Berkshire . 2010 . Yale University Press . New Haven, Conn. . 9780300126624 . 159 . New, rev. . Pevsner.
  2. Web site: Ford . David Nash . Beech Hill . Royal Berkshire History . 3 March 2024.