The Gatehouse website record for Bamburgh Friary

In the civil parish of Bamburgh. In the historic county of Northumberland (Modern Authority of Northumberland, 1974 county of Northumberland).

Dominican Friary founded in 1265 and dissolved in 1539. Remains of the friary are incorporated in later buildings, although the remains are not diagnostic. Evaluation ahead of conversion of farm buildings to domestic use at The Friars in 1992 revealed the extant of the friary complex. The north wall of the farm building block was found to incorporate the north wall of the conventual church of the Friary, and further trial trenches revealed the extent of the cloister to the South of the church, and buildings to the South-East. The church had a short North aisle of 3-bays which was demolished after the dissolution. The entire complex was then converted into a defendable domestic hose, retaining the closter as a courtyard. This in turn was demolished and replaced by the farmhouse in C18. Brooke suggests the friary church may have been defensible.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NU17453483

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 7606
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is N5253 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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