Priory Gatehouse, Usk

Name: Priory Gatehouse
Address: Usk, United Kingdom

#7 among attractions in Usk

Memorial, Vernacular architecture

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Facts and practical information

The Priory Gatehouse in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a surviving fragment of a Benedictine priory founded around 1135 and dissolved in 1536. It stands beside the main entrance to the churchyard. It is a Grade I listed building. ()

Coordinates: 51°42'9"N, 2°54'3"W

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Usk United Kingdom

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Priory Gatehouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Usk Castle, Usk Bridge, St David's Church, Church of St Madoc.

~1120 ftNW
Forts and castles
Usk Castle, Usk
6 min walk • Usk Castle is a castle site in the town of Usk in central Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. It is a Grade I listed building as of 16 February 1953.
~1340 ftW
Bridge
Usk Bridge, Usk
7 min walk • The Usk Bridge, Usk, Monmouthshire, carries the A472 over the River Usk. It is the town's oldest crossing of the river and is a Grade II* listed structure.
1.1 miE
Church
St David's Church
30 min walk • St David's Church, Llangeview, is a redundant church sited in a round churchyard adjacent to the junction of the A449 and A472 roads 1 mile to the east of the town of Usk in Monmouthshire, Wales.
0.5 miS
Church
Church of St Madoc, Usk
12 min walk • The Church of St Madoc, Llanbadoc, Monmouthshire is a parish church with its origins in the 14th century. A Grade II* listed building, the church remains an active parish church.
~200 ftE
Church
Priory Church of St Mary, Usk
1 min walk • The Priory Church of St Mary is the parish church of Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales. Its origin was as the church of Usk Priory, a Benedictine nunnery founded by Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke in the twelfth century. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries the church became the parish church of the town.

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Which popular attractions are close to Priory Gatehouse?

Nearby attractions include Priory Church of St Mary, Usk (1 min walk), Usk Castle, Usk (6 min walk), Usk Bridge, Usk (7 min walk), Church of St Madoc, Usk (12 min walk).