Langney Priory is the modern name of Langney Grange (now a private house) which served an agricultural manor of several hundred acres providing produce for
Lewes Priory
Lewes Priory is a part-demolished medieval Cluniac priory in Lewes, East Sussex in the United Kingdom. The ruins have been designated a Grade I listed building.
History
The Priory of St Pancras was the first Cluniac house in England and had o ...
Cluniac monastery. It was established before 1121 in the village of
Langney
Langney is a distinct part of Eastbourne, East Sussex and is on the eastern side of the popular seaside resort. The original village and priory have now been amalgamated with the main town of Eastbourne, and Langney was identified as a single sel ...
,
East Sussex
East Sussex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England on the English Channel coast. It is bordered by Kent to the north and east, West Sussex to the west, and Surrey to the north-west. The largest settlement in East ...
,
England
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and is a Grade II* listed building. In addition to the five-bedroom house and monastery, the property contains a detached three-bedroom cottage, a large outbuilding with two garages, a workshop and a store room.
A planning application for conversion into a hotel and conference venue was submitted in April 2019.
In 2020, it was listed for sale at £500,000.
In 2022, the Priory was added to
English Heritage
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts and country houses.
The charity states that i ...
's list of historic buildings at risk of disrepair and neglect.
See also
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Listed buildings in Eastbourne
There are more than 130 listed buildings in the town and borough of Eastbourne, a seaside resort on the coast of East Sussex in England. Eastbourne, whose estimated population in 2011 was 99,400, grew from a collection of farming hamlets into ...
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List of monastic houses in East Sussex
The following is a list of the monastic houses in East Sussex, England.
See also
* List of monastic houses in England
Notes
References
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References
Monasteries in East Sussex
Grade II* listed buildings in East Sussex
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