Information for record number MWA6166:
Possible Site of Priory Church, Studley

Summary The possible site of the priory church dating to the Medieval period. It is located 750m north west of St Mary's church, Studley.
What Is It?  
Type: Church, Priory
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Studley
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 07 64
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Listed Building (Grade: II)
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 The remains of Studley Priory have been built up and form the gable of a modern farmhouse called 'The Priory'.
2 The farmhouse, now much modernised, embodies a few fragmentary portions of a conventual building. A gabled W wall of stone rubble contains the remains of a large 14th century window which was mostly destroyed by a projecting stone chimney stack dated 1539. The SE angle has some ancient stone quoins and the E gable-head and adjacent wall have some Tudor timber-framing. A few Medieval sculpture fragments are built onto the walls. The discovery of a stone coffin suggests that the original chapel stood to the NE of the existing building.
3 A coffin, found while digging foundations for a building behind the farmhouse. Although found with other coffins it is the lid of the coffin of a prior. It even seems possible that the farmhouse stands on the site of the nave of the Priory church; this slab would then have been in the N transept.
5 Although the farmhouse is largely brick-clad a great deal more of the stonework of the original building is exposed within the roof and it is possible that the building may have been in a ruinous condition when converted. The thickness of parts of the exterior wall also suggests that much of the stonework survives within the present walls.
6 Plan of the site.
 
Sources
Source No: 5
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Studley Parish Survey
Author/originator: Hooke D
Date: 1980
Page Number: 54-5
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: TBAS vol 52
Author/originator: Chatwin P B
Date: 1927
Page Number: 304-7
Volume/Sheet: 52
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Forest of Arden
Author/originator: Hannett J
Date: 1894
Page Number: 68
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: LBL
Author/originator: DoE
Date: 1985
Page Number: 67
Volume/Sheet: Stratford-on-Avon We
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 3, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1945
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 3
   
Source No: 6
Source Type: Plan
Title: Plan
Author/originator: Hooke D
Date: 1980
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument COFFIN * A chest made of stone, wood or lead, used to enclose a dead body. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument FARMHOUSE * The main dwelling-house of a farm, it can be either detached from or attached to the working buildings. back
monument PRIORY * A monastery governed by a prior or prioress. Use with narrow terms of DOUBLE HOUSE, FRIARY, MONASTERY or NUNNERY. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument CHAPEL * A freestanding building, or a room or recess serving as a place of Christian worship in a church or other building. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SCULPTURE * A figurative or abstract design in the round or in relief, made by chiselling stone, carving wood, modelling clay, casting metal, or similar processes. back
monument CHIMNEY * Chimney used on an industrial or commercial site. back
monument WALL * An enclosing structure composed of bricks, stones or similar materials, laid in courses. Use specific type where known. back
monument FOREST * A large tract of land covered with trees and interspersed with open areas of land. Traditionally forests were owned by the monarchy and had their own laws. back

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