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Priory Ruins England, UK

Scheduled Ancient Monument. Exposed foundations on a sunk plot of ground; converted int a garden and immediatelyadjacent to houses above. Gully the base of the west front of the important Cathedral monastery of St Mary, founded l043, remains.

Priory Undercroft. Coventry.
Part of the Cathedral Priory of St Mary, founded in 1043. The Undercrofts are the best preserved remains of Coventry's original Benedictine monastry. They consist of stone vaulted rooms, a courtyard, doorways and passages. The white paint indicates those parts that were the outside of the buildings. Grade I Listed Building. Image credit: amandabhslater

Listed Building Description
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1 5105 PRIORY ROW ---------- SP 3379 SW 4/62 5.2.55. Priory Ruins

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  1. Scheduled Ancient Monument. Exposed foundations on a sunk plot of ground; converted int a garden and immediatelyadjacent to houses above. Gully the base of the west front of the important Cathedral monastery of St Mary, founded l043, remains. Lower portions of clustered shafts and pier-responds. There is, or was until recently, a crudely vaulted crypt below, approximately 75 Yds x 5 yds. Vide Blue Coat School below.

Descriptive Notes, fifth and sixth lines, should be amended to read: "and pier responds Vide Blue Coat School below".

  1. 5105 PRIORY ROW ---------- Priory Ruins SP 3379 SW 4/62 5.2.55.

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  1. Scheduled Ancient Monument. Exposed foundations on a sunk plot of ground; converted into a garden and immediately adjacent to houses above. Only the base of the west front of the important Cathedral monastery of St Mary, founded 1043, remains. Lower portions of clustered shafts and pier-responds. There is, or was until recently, a crudely vaulted crypt below, approximately 75 yds x 5 yds. Vide Blue Coat School below.

Listing NGR: SP3348979105