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Romanesque gateway in former E precinct wall at Ewenny Priory (house)
Ewenny, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade I
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 3 March 1998
- Locality
- Ewenny Priory
- Community
- Ewenny
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.48858, -3.56709
- Cadw reference
- 19466
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Set in stretch of original medieval precinct wall on E side of Ewenny Priory (house) garden.
History
Romanesque doorway, original C12 W doorway of Priory, resited as a decorative feature in E garden wall, itself the original C12 E priory precinct wall; this was carried out in early C19 following the demolition of W bay of nave associated with the extensive remodelling of Ewenny Priory (house) in 1806 and landscaping of grounds; very similar to S nave Priory doorway still in situ.
Exterior
Romanesque arch of 3 orders: the inner plain, the middle with outward pointing zigzag and the outer grooved; stepped imposts, half round piers with small fluted capitals and moulded bases.
Reason for designation
Listed I as a complete though reset Romanesque doorway; group value with the other buildings at Ewenny Priory, especially E Precinct Wall, Ewenny Priory Church and Ewenny Priory (house).
Scheduled Ancient Monument Gm 190 (part).
Nearby in the register
- E Precinct Wall at Ewenny Priory (house)Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Former SE Tower at Ewenny Priory (house)Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Ewenny Priory ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Ewenny Priory (house)Domesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.