Thicket Priory
Monastery in Thorganby, North Yorkshire, England
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Thicket Priory is a religious house in the civil parish of Thorganby, North Yorkshire, England, located about 7 miles (11.3 km) south-east of York. It lies in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough.
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| Monastery information | |
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| Full name | Thicket Priory |
| Order | Discalced Carmelites |
| Established | 1955 |
| Dedicated to | Carmel of the Annunciation |
| Diocese | Middlesbrough |
| Site | |
| Location | Thorganby, North Yorkshire |
| Coordinates | 53.88302°N 0.94115°W |
| Grid reference | SE 69702 43562 |
Description
A Benedictine priory for nuns stood on the site of Thicket Priory from the 1180s and was dissolved in 1539, its building being demolished in 1850.[1] There is also evidence of a devotion to ‘Our Lady of Thicket’ dating from this time.[citation needed]
New monastic buildings were erected in the grounds of the former establishment, and these re-founded as a Carmelite monastery in 2009.[2][3]
The building that was used by the community until 2009 was erected as a country house between 1844 and 1847, and was sold by Lt Col Sir John Dunnington-Jefferson in 1955 to the Carmelite Sisters of Exmouth.[4] This group of buildings holds three Grade II listed buildings: the former house itself,[3] its lodge,[5] and coach house with stables and brewery,[6]
The building was up for sale in April 2013, with an asking price of £3,000,000. As of January 2014, the estate had been reduced to £2,500,000.[7] It was converted to a large private house about this time; the nuns moved into a new purpose-built convent in 2009.
Interior and grounds
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