Penwortham Priory
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Penwortham Priory was a first a Benedictine priory and after the Dissolution a country house the village of Penwortham
, near Preston. The house was demolished as the village expanded into a town and a housing estate has replaced the mansion house and its grounds of which no trace remain.
Evesham Abbey
and a small daughter cell was built at Penwortham, starting in 1075. The priory, dedicated to St Mary, had no independence from Evesham but functioned until the Dissolution of the Monasteries
in 1535.
The Rawsthorne family lived at the Priory from 1783 until it was demolished in 1925. The Rawsthornes employed architect, George Webster
, to redesign the priory in the mid-19th century.
Penwortham Priory became a victim of the 1920s expansion of Penwortham when it was demolished to make way for housing. The Lodge was taken down in 1912 and rebuilt in Moss Lane, Hutton
.
Penwortham
-Landmarks:Penwortham Priory was built for the Rawsthorne family and redesigned by the Cumbrian architect George Webster. The priory was demolished due to the rapid expansion of the area and the need for new housing...
, near Preston. The house was demolished as the village expanded into a town and a housing estate has replaced the mansion house and its grounds of which no trace remain.
History
After 1066, William the Conqueror gave this area of Lancashire to his relative, Roger de Poicteau for his valour at Hastings. A small castle was built on the hill in Penwortham overlooking the river crossing and the castle mound (the motte) can still be seen behind St Mary's church. Roger gave land to the BenedictineBenedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
Evesham Abbey
Evesham Abbey
Evesham Abbey was founded by Saint Egwin at Evesham in England between 700 and 710 A.D. following a vision of the Virgin Mary by Eof.According to the monastic history, Evesham came through the Norman Conquest unusually well, because of a quick approach by Abbot Æthelwig to William the Conqueror...
and a small daughter cell was built at Penwortham, starting in 1075. The priory, dedicated to St Mary, had no independence from Evesham but functioned until the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Dissolution of the Monasteries
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their...
in 1535.
Mansion
The priory and its lands were sold to the Fleetwood family at a price of £3,088. The Fleetwoods built a mansion which became known as Penwortham Priory and lived there from the Dissolution until 1749.The Rawsthorne family lived at the Priory from 1783 until it was demolished in 1925. The Rawsthornes employed architect, George Webster
George Webster (architect)
George Webster was born in Kendal, Westmorland, England in 1797, son to Francis Webster, a prominent local stonemason turned architect...
, to redesign the priory in the mid-19th century.
Penwortham Priory became a victim of the 1920s expansion of Penwortham when it was demolished to make way for housing. The Lodge was taken down in 1912 and rebuilt in Moss Lane, Hutton
Hutton
-United Kingdom:*Hutton Cranswick, Yorkshire, formed by the merger of two villages still referred to by their separate names*Hutton, Cumbria, a civil parish*Hutton, Essex, a former village, now a commuter suburb of Brentwood...
.