Sudbury Benedictine Priory

{{Short description|Monastery in Sudbury, Suffolk, England}}

{{distinguish|Sudbury Priory}}

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St Bartholemew's Benedictine Priory, Sudbury was a priory in Sudbury, Suffolk, England.

The priory was established as a monastic grange for the Benedictine monastery at Westminster Abbey in 1115, and was founded by Wulfric, the master or the royal mint at Sudbury. In 1540, the priory was dissolved and granted to the dean and chapter of Westminster, who continued to hold an annual service in the chapel until the mid-19th century. Any surviving buildings from the priory were demolished in 1779, except the chapel and a barn.{{cite book |last=Sperling |first=Charles Fredirick Denne |date=1896 |title=A Short History of the Borough of Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk, compiled from materials collected by W. W. Hodson |url=https://archive.org/details/shorthistoryofbo00sper/page/96/mode/2up |location=Sudbury, Suffolk |publisher=B R Martin |pages=176–179}}

The chapel, dating from the early 15th century, is a single cell design and has some remnants of the original Perpendicular Gothic window tracery. It is a Grade II* listed building.{{NHLE|num=1037546|desc=CHAPEL AT ST BARTHOLOMEW'S PRIORY FARM|accessdate=3 July 2021}} The barn is built of weatherboard over a wooden frame and has a hipped roof of reed thatch. It is noted as one of the best examples of a medieval barn in Suffolk.{{NHLE|num=1037547|desc=BARN AT ST BARTHOLOMEW'S PRIORY FARM|accessdate=3 July 2021}} The barn was demolished after a fire in 2011 and was delisted on 31 October 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1488542&resourceID=8|title=Barn at St Bartholomew's Priory Farm|publisher=Heritage Gateway|accessdate=30 November 2023}}