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Wilmington Priory is a ruined Benedictine priory at Wilmington, Sussex. The priory was an offshoot of the Benedictine Abbey of Grestain in Normandy. It was founded about 1200 as a grange for the supervision of the Abbey's English estates. It was suppressed with all the alien houses in 1414. The present L-shaped house is a principally a 13th and 14th-century building, substantially altered and adapted in the 18th century. To the south-west of the house are the ruins of the 14th-century Upper Hall consisting of 2 octagonal turrets with a wall between having a large window of 3 tiers. To the north of the house are further ruins, beneath which is a 14th-century vaulted undercroft. The priory church survives as the parish church of St Mary and St Peter's Church, Wilmington. The monument is within the council area of Wealden (East Sussex).
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1002292.

Place Type: Ecclesiastical Monument
Historic County: Sussex
Lat, Long: 50.817259,0.19030381
Grid Reference: TQ 5438 0425
Civil Parish: Long Man CP
Council Area: Wealden CA (East Sussex CA)
Police Area: Sussex PA

GBPN ID: 319646
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Wilmington_Priory,_Sussex_319646

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