It is near the scenic limestone promontory of Sand Point and Middle Hope, owned by the National Trust, beside the Severn Estuary about 3 miles (5 km) north-east of Weston-super-Mare, within the English unitary authority of North Somerset.

They were Victorine Canons who were influenced by the Cistercians who emphasised manual labour and self-sufficiency so that the clerks who had taken holy orders worked on the farm, as well as providing clergy for surrounding churches.

In 1968 the priory and adjoining land of Middle Hope was purchased by the National Trust as part of Project Neptune.

The surviving buildings include the priory church, which was a 15th-century replacement for the earlier 13th-century structure, an infirmary, a barn and a 16th-century prior's lodging, which was converted into a farmhouse.

In 1849 a reliquary was found in St Paul's Church, Kewstoke that was believed to have come originally from the priory and to contain the blood of Thomas Becket.

It is believed that it was moved to St Paul's for safe keeping at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries and is now in the Museum of Somerset in Taunton.

[8][9] Members of the priory were influenced by the Cistercians who emphasised manual labour and self-sufficiency so that the clerks who had taken holy orders worked on the farm.

[10] The priory, along with other religious houses such as Glastonbury Abbey and Wells Cathedral, was responsible for draining some of the mudflats and salt marshes of the Somerset Levels.

[3][9][13][14][15] In 1536 Henry VIII, through a series of administrative and legal processes disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England.

[8] After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the priory was granted to William St Loe and leased to Edward Fetyplace of Donnington, Berkshire who converted it into a farmhouse.

[19] Excavations in 1885 found floor tiles with coats of arms and a pavement from the 14th century beneath which were several coffins.

[21] Major and Mrs Hill continued to own the priory until 1928,[22] when it was bought by the Agricultural Land Company and rented to local farmers.

[8] In 1968 the priory and adjoining land of Middle Hope was purchased by the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty as part of Project Neptune.

[19] The church is now a small museum with photographs and information about the history of the priory and its renovation by the Landmark Trust,[23] while the attached lodging house is rented out as holiday accommodation.

The south wall shows the site where a stair turret was included, which would have linked the ground floor infirmary chapel with the infirmarer's quarters, which have both been demolished.