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]
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]
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]