St. Martin's Priory, Richmond

St. Martin's Priory, Richmond was a medieval monastic house in North Yorkshire, England. It was a Benedictine house, founded about 1100, originally for 9 or 10 monks, dependent on St Mary's Abbey, York. As one of the lesser monastic houses, it was dissolved in 1539.[1]

The priory remains are in sandstone. The former church walls contain a round-arched doorway with two orders and scalloped capitals. A tower-like structure, dating from the 15th century, has three storeys, one bay and quoins. It contains a doorway with a pointed arch and a chamfered moulded surround, a cross window above, and a vent on the top floor.[2][3]

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References

  1. ^ Historic England. "St. Martin's Priory (21627)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  2. ^ Historic England. "St Martin's Priory, St Martin's (1131548)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 December 2025.
  3. ^ Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) [1966]. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.

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