Priory Gatehouse, Usk
Building in Usk, Wales
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The Priory Gatehouse in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a surviving fragment of a Benedictine priory founded around 1135 and dissolved in 1536.[1] It stands beside the main entrance to the churchyard. It is a Grade I listed building.[2]
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General information | |
Architectural style | medieval |
| Location | Usk, Wales |
| Coordinates | 51.70244°N 2.90096°W |
| Design and construction | |
| Designations | Grade I listed |
The gatehouse is of two storeys, with gables and wide inner and outer arches. The style of the windows suggests a "sixteenth century date, possibly even post-Dissolution".[3]