# Newtownards Priory

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{{Short description|Ruins of a church establishment in Northern Ireland}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox monastery
| name           = Newtownards Priory
| image          = Newtownards Priory - geograph.org.uk - 35290.jpg
| order          = [Dominican Order](/source/Dominican_Order)
| founder        = the Savage family
| established    = {{Circa|1244}}
| disestablished = 1541
| location       = [Newtownards](/source/Newtownards), [County Down](/source/County_Down)
| public_access  = Yes
}}
'''Newtownards Priory''' was a medieval [Dominican](/source/Dominican_Order) [priory](/source/priory) founded by the Savage family around 1244 in the village of [Newtownards](/source/Newtownards), [County Down](/source/County_Down), [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland). Only the lower parts of the nave and two blocked doors in the south wall leading to a demolished cloister, survive from the period of the priory's foundation. The upper parts of the nave date from a 14th-century rebuilding and the western extension and the north aisle arcade were undertaken by the de Burgh family.

The priory was dissolved in 1541, and was sacked and burned. It was granted to Hugh Montgomery who built a house within the ruins, rebuilding the north aisle and adding a tower at the entrance.

The church contains the double grave of [Frederick Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry](/source/Frederick_Stewart%2C_4th_Marquess_of_Londonderry) (1805–1872) and his wife Elizabeth née Jocelyn, Marchioness of Londonderry (1813–1884).

== References ==
*{{Cite web |url=http://www.goireland.com/down/newtownards-priory-attraction-priory-id14120.htm|title=Newtownards Priory}}
*{{Cite web |url=https://apps.communities-ni.gov.uk/Buildings/buildview.aspx?id=18777 |title=Newtownards Priory – Historic Buildings Details |publisher=Department for Communities |accessdate=1 March 2019}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.stonedatabase.com/buildings.cfm?bk=2375 Newtownards Priory] Stone Database
*[http://irishantiquities.bravehost.com/down/newtownards/newtownardspriory.html Newtownards Priory] Irish Antiquities
*{{Cite web |url=https://apps.communities-ni.gov.uk/NISMR-PUBLIC/Details.aspx?MonID=6370 |title=Newtownards Priory |accessdate=1 March 2019}}

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Category:Buildings and structures in County Down
Category:Christian monasteries in Northern Ireland
Category:Religion in County Down
Category:1244 establishments in Ireland
Category:Archaeological sites in County Down
Category:Ruins in Northern Ireland
Category:Christian monasteries established in the 1240s
Category:Monasteries dissolved under the Irish Reformation

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