The Priory, Beech Hill

Grade II* listed country house in Berkshire, England

51°22′25″N 0°59′02″W / 51.37370207759507°N 0.9840061326392457°W / 51.37370207759507; -0.9840061326392457OS grid referenceSU 70817 64340Built16cBuilt forThe Harrison familyRebuilt1648Architectural style(s)Elizabethan

Listed Building – Grade II*

Official nameThe Priory Including Adjoining Wall on the North East 6582 6435Designated13 April 1947; 77 years ago (1947-04-13)Reference no.1117130

Listed Building – Grade II

Official nameDovecote and Adjoining Wall in The Priory Garden, Approximately 60 metres South WestDesignated13 April 1967; 57 years ago (1967-04-13)Reference no.1117131

Listed Building – Grade II

Official nameGranary at The Priory, Approximately 60 metres to the NorthDesignated28 January 1987; 37 years ago (1987-01-28)Reference no.1117132

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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Tyack, Geoffrey; Bradley, Simon; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Brindle, Steven (2010). Berkshire (New, rev. ed.). New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. p. 159. ISBN 9780300126624.
^ Ford, David Nash. "Beech Hill". Royal Berkshire History. Retrieved 3 March 2024.