Burnham Norton Priory
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Burnham Norton Friary was a Carmelite (White Friars) friary near Burnham Market in the north of Norfolk. It is now a ruin.
The friary was founded by Sir William Calthorp and Sir Ralph Hemenhale in 1241, the first Carmelite monastery to be founded following the expulsion of the order from the Holy Land. The theologian monk Robert Bale was prior of Burnham Norton for a time until his death in 1503.
The friary was closed down in 1538, when occupied by only four poor monks, as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII and passed undamaged into the ownership of Sir Richard Gresham.[1]
The ruined gatehouse is a Grade I listed building.[2] The adjacent free-standing gable end of an unknown building remains, and is Grade II* listed.[3] The almost intact precinct wall and the church still remain. The free-standing gable end’s closeness to the gatehouse suggests it was not part of the friary church.
Location
- Location map: 52°57’3"N, 0°44’5"E
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References
- ↑ A History of the County of Norfolk - Volume 2 pp 425-426: Friaries: The Carmelite friars of Burnham Norton (Victoria County History)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1239045: Gatehouse, Carmelite Friary Ruins (Grade I listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1238878: Detached Gable Wall, Friary Ruins (Grade II* listing)
- National Heritage List 1013095: St Mary's Carmelite Friary and holy well (Scheduled ancient monument entry)