Hurley Priory

The Priory of St. Mary at Hurley was founded in 1086 by the Norman magnate Geoffrey de Mandeville I as a cell of Westminster Abbey.

It was initially owned by Charles Howard, Esq., for three years, then by Leonard Chamberleyn, Esq., then by John Lovelace, Esq.

[2] Lady Place was considered one of the great mansions in town, but it fell into disrepair and was demolished as uninhabitable in 1837.

To the north, the range of buildings containing the frater or monastic dining hall is incorporated into a private house.

A probable monastic circular dovecote and a nearby larger barn, both to the west of the church, date from the early fourteenth century.