Lewes Priory

Lewes Priory
View of priory remains, in the direction of the site of the Great Church (now bisected by railway line)
Monastery information
Full nameThe Priory of St Pancras, Southover near Lewes
Other namesLewes Priory
OrderCluniac
Establishedcirca 1081
Disestablished16 November 1537
Mother houseCluny
Dedicated toSt Pancras of Rome
Controlled churchesSt. John the Evangelist, Piddinghoe, St. Nicholas. Iford.
People
Founder(s)William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey and Gundrada
Site
LocationSouthover, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Coordinates50°52′5.33″N 0°0′29.63″E / 50.8681472°N 0.0082306°E / 50.8681472; 0.0082306
Visible remainslimited above ground: part precinct wall, hospitium, dorter, rere dorter, first church
Public accessyes, free all year round

Lewes Priory is a part-demolished medieval Cluniac priory in Lewes, East Sussex in the United Kingdom. The ruins have been designated a Grade I listed building.[1]

  1. ^ Historic England. "RUINS OF LEWES PRIORY (1190737)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 November 2014.