priory churches

  • Durham Cathedral Durham, England 1242

    Built 1093-1133, Durham Cathedral is considered one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in England.

  • Priory Ruins Coventry, England

    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.

  • Great Malvern Priory Great Malvern, England

    This splendid former priory church has a Norman nave, a huge collection of medieval tiles, a magnificent set of misericords, and lots of medieval stained glass.

  • St. Oswald's Priory Gloucester, England 900

    One wall is all that remains of the New Minster founded by St Aethelflaed in 900, which contained the holy relics of St Oswald of Northumbria. It became an Augustinian priory in 1152.

  • Saint-Révérien Church Saint-Révérien, France c. 1100

    The 12th-century Church of St. Reverianus was a priory church affiliated with Cluny Abbey and a stop for pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela. It has important Romanesque capitals in the choir.

  • Monymusk Parish Church Monymusk, Scotland

    Late 12th/early 13th century, originally Augustinian Priory Church, comprising aisle-less nave 52' 11" x 26" and chancel 52' 10" x 21' with W. tower 22' x 19' and about 60' high, thin coursed granite with sandstone dressings; simple round-arched W.