Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
19461
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/03/1998
Date of Amendment
03/03/1998
Name of Property
NE Precinct Wall at Ewenny Priory (house)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Ewenny
Town
Locality
Ewenny Priory
Easting
291216
Northing
177824
Street Side
S
Location
Section of wall linking N tower and NW wall of Priory, acting also as boundary wall for Ewenny Priory Stable Court.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Possibly medieval; not shown as such on a 1952 HMSO sketch plan of the medeival priory though text shows it is unclear whether original precinct wall ran along this line joining the N tower with the W end of the Priory or whether it included the churchyard, in which case it would have followed a more northerly line. Wall from N tower shows a return suggesting the precinct wall could have joined tower and church. First precinct wall (surviving to E) probably dates from shortly after C12 foundation; more elaborate defensive walls erected to W c 1300. Possibly rebuilt as part of post Dissolution or early C19 remodelling of Ewenny Priory house and Stable Court and W end of Priory.
Exterior
Section of rubble wall lower than main defensive precinct wall to W joining N tower and Priory at NW. Footings attached to N tower are included in that description and adjacent stretch on site of Stable Court N range, so this section comprises a small return from the latter building and a straight stretch to the Abbey. Of stone rubble, slightly battered, not standing to full height.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included to complete the circuit of the medieval priory precinct; group value with other buildings of Ewenny Priory, especially Stable Court and Ewenny Priory (house).
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