Priory Ruins Coventry, England

Listed Building Data

Priory Ruins has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1076588
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
I
Date Listed
5 February 1955
Name
PRIORY RUINS
Location
PRIORY RUINS, PRIORY ROW
District
Coventry
Grid Reference
SP 33490 79109
Easting
433490.2345
Northing
279109.2473

Listed Building Description

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

I

  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.

I

  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