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Building in Penwortham, England

Penwortham Priory Penwortham Priory Location within the Borough of South Ribble General information Architectural style Jacobean Location Penwortham, England Coordinates 53°44′55″N 2°43′48″W / 53.7486°N 2.7299°W / 53.7486; -2.7299 Construction started 1535 Completed 1850s Demolished 1920s Client Rawsthorne Family Technical details Structural system Brick Design and construction Architect George Webster

**Penwortham Priory** was first a [Benedictine](/source/Benedictine) [priory](/source/Priory) and, after the [Dissolution of the Monasteries](/source/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries), a [country house](/source/Country_house) in the village of [Penwortham](/source/Penwortham), near [Preston](/source/Preston%2C_Lancashire), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire). 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

Before 1086, [William the Conqueror](/source/William_the_Conqueror) gave this area of Lancashire to his relative, [Roger the Poitevin](/source/Roger_the_Poitevin). A small castle was built on the hill in Penwortham overlooking the river crossing and the castle mound (the [motte](/source/Motte-and-bailey_castle)) can still be seen behind [St Mary's church](/source/St_Mary's_Church%2C_Penwortham). Roger gave land to the Benedictine [Evesham Abbey](/source/Evesham_Abbey) and a small daughter cell was built at Penwortham, starting in 1075.[1] The priory, dedicated to Saint Mary, had no independence from Evesham but functioned until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1535.

## Mansion

Once seized, the priory and its lands were sold to the Fleetwood family at a price of £3,088. The Fleetwoods built a mansion on the site which took the name of Penwortham Priory. The family continued to live there until 1749.

Ownership passed to the Rawsthorne family, who lived at the Priory from 1783 and in the mid-19th century they employed the architect [George Webster](/source/George_Webster_(architect)) to redesign the house.[2]

The Penwortham Priory house later became a victim of the expansion of Penwortham village, especially after the First World War. Already in 1912 the Lodge had been taken down and rebuilt in Moor Lane, [Hutton](/source/Hutton%2C_Lancashire). The house itself was finally demolished in 1925 to make way for housing.

The priory is still part of Penwortham Golf Club's logo to this day.

## See also

- [Lancashire portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Lancashire)

- [List of works by George Webster](/source/List_of_works_by_George_Webster)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-vch_1-0)** Farrer, William; Brownbill, J, eds. (1908), ["The Priory of Penwortham"](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38344), *A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 2*, British History Online, pp. 104–106, retrieved 19 November 2010

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Hartwell, Clare; [Pevsner, Nikolaus](/source/Nikolaus_Pevsner) (2009) [1969], *Lancashire: North*, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: [Yale University Press](/source/Yale_University_Press), p. 352, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-300-12667-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-300-12667-9)

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v t e Buildings and structures in the Borough of South Ribble Grade I Samlesbury Hall Church of St Leonard the Less, Samlesbury Grade II* St Andrew's Church, Leyland St Mary's Church, Penwortham St Leonard's Church, Walton-le-Dale Grade II St Saviour's Church, Cuerden St Paul's Church, Farington All Saints Church, Higher Walton Scheduled monuments Penwortham Castle Unlisted British Commercial Vehicle Museum Demolished Penwortham Priory Listed in Cuerdale Farington Hutton Leyland Little Hoole Longton Much Hoole Penwortham Samlesbury Walton-le-Dale

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