page_title: Priory of St Mary in the Meadow, Beeston Regis
section_title: The Priory ruins today
hierarchical_section_title: Priory of St Mary in the Meadow, Beeston Regis / The Priory ruins today
caption_attribution_description: English: Part of the ruins of Priory of St Mary in the Meadow, Beeston Regis, Norfolk.
context_page_description: The Priory of St Mary in the Meadow, also known as Beeston Priory is a former Augustinian Priory, located in the village of Beeston Regis, Norfolk, United Kingdom.
context_section_description: Much remains of the main priory church. The ruins indicate that the church nave, from the west wall to the transept, was about 75 feet (23 m) long, and 23 feet (7.0 m) wide, having a chancel added later. The north wall of the nave still stands practically to the roof level, although the divisions between the windows have long gone. The chancel, at the eastern end of the ruin, remains to roof height on the north and south side. The original eastern wall has been demolished, but a flint wall has been built up to window-sill level. The north-east corner still has most of its window mouldings.
  The cloister, to the south of the nave of the priory church, is now part of the Priory Farm garden. To the east of the cloister, still standing, are part of the walls of the chapter house, and also some traces of the dormitory. The refectory and other domestic buildings probably are beneath or have been incorporated into the 18th century Priory Farmhouse, which was probably built from materials from the demolition of the early buildings.
  The belfry tower has gone, although the first steps can be seen in a doorway in the south wall. The south wall is only as high as the window-sill level. The west wall is standing almost intact to gable height, although the lining of the original door has been replaced by modern brickwork.
  The north transept is 24 feet (7.3 m) long and 24 feet (7.3 m) wide. The east wall of the transept is entirely gone, except for traces of its junction with the north wall. At the south end of this wall once stood a pillar; the opposite pillar, west of the south door, is almost complete and in a good state of preservation. Also in the transept there is a doorway which leads to what is thought to be a sacristy, and is the only doorway remaining in its original form.
  West of the transept there is a small chapel 23 feet (7.0 m) long and 12 feet (3.7 m) wide.
  There also remain three monastic ponds close by.
  A tunnel is said to run to the Dunstable Arms Inn from the ruins of the priory, but if it ever existed, its whereabouts is a long-forgotten secret.
  The site is currently owned and protected by Norfolk County Council, who have opened the ruins to the public.
caption: The ruins of St Mary's Priory, Beeston Regis
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