Fordham Abbey and Priory
History of Fordham Priory
Listed Building
Small country house mid C18 rebuilt from an earlier mansion c.1710 on the site of the Gilbertine priory.
Garden walls, C18.
Dovecote, C18, local brick with plain tiled pyramidal roof. (Historic England)
A Gilbertine priory dedicated to St Peter and Mary Magdalene was founded by the Canons of the order of Sempringham immediately before 1227.
In 1279 the Prior held a house, a watermill and 14 acres of arable land.
When the order was dissolved in 1538 there were only the Prior and two other canons in residence. None of the Priory buildings have survived. Fordham Abbey on the site dates from c.1710.
Building dates
- Built 1700–1799
Source for this date
- Built 1700–1799: Listed building: C18
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