Thicket Priory
{{Short description|Monastery in Thorganby, North Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox monastery
| name = Thicket Priory
| image = Thicket Priory statue by Betty Longbottom Geograph 3522655.jpg
| caption =
| full = Thicket Priory
| order = Discalced Carmelites
| established = 1955
| disestablished =
| mother =
| diocese = Middlesbrough
| churches =
| founder =
| dedication = Carmel of the Annunciation
| people =
| location = Thorganby, North Yorkshire
| coord = {{coord|53.88302|N|0.94115|W|region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SE697435)|display=inline,title}}
| oscoor = SE 69702 43562
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Thicket Priory is a religious house in the civil parish of Thorganby, North Yorkshire, England, located about {{convert|7|mi|km|1}} south-east of York. It lies in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough.
Description
A Benedictine priory for nuns stood on the site of Thicket Priory from the 1180s and was dissolved in 1539, its building being demolished in 1850.{{PastScape|mnumber=58095|mname= Thicket Priory|accessdate= 18 November 2011}} There is also evidence of a devotion to ‘Our Lady of Thicket’ dating from this time.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}
New monastic buildings were erected in the grounds of the former establishment, and these re-founded as a Carmelite monastery in 2009.Harris, Richard; [http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/4014848.York_area_nuns_build_new_home_at_Thorganby/ "York area nuns build new home at Thorganby"], The York Press, 2 January 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2011{{NHLE|num=1296552|desc=Thicket Priory|accessdate=18 November 2011}}
The building that was used by the community until 2009 was erected as a country house between 1844 and 1847, and was sold by Lt Col Sir John Dunnington-Jefferson in 1955 to the Carmelite Sisters of Exmouth.[http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/features/living_in_harmony_1_2512999 "Living in harmony"], The Yorkshire Post, 21 August 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2011 This group of buildings holds three Grade II listed buildings: the former house itself, its lodge,{{NHLE|num=1148430|desc=Lodge to Thicket Priory|accessdate=18 November 2011}} and coach house with stables and brewery,{{NHLE|num=1148431 |desc=Coach house, stables and brewery|accessdate=18 November 2011}}
The building was up for sale in April 2013, with an asking price of £3,000,000. As of January 2014, the estate had been reduced to £2,500,000.{{cite web|url=http://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbyorsyos120193|title=
Thorganby, York, North Yorkshire, YO19 6DE|publisher=Savills|year=2013|accessdate=10 May 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508143608/http://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbyorsyos120193|archivedate=8 May 2013|url-status=dead}}
It was converted to a large private house about this time; the nuns moved into a new purpose-built convent in 2009.
Interior and grounds
Thicket Priory statue by Betty Longbottom Geograph 3522647.jpg|Chapel
Thicket Priory statue by Betty Longbottom Geograph 3522659.jpg|Statue
See also
- More House, York.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Thicket Priory}}
- {{Official website|https://www.thicketpriorycarmel.org/}}
- [http://www.carmelite.org/thicket Thicket Priory] from Carmelites
- [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Thorganby/Thorganby92.html "Thorganby"], Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2011
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310165531/http://www.thorganby.co.uk/photo/Thicket%20and%20Lake.jpg Image of Priory Overlooking Lake]
{{Carmelites in Britain}}
Category:Carmelite monasteries in England
Category:Cistercian nunneries in England
Category:Monasteries in North Yorkshire
Category:Christian monasteries established in the 1180s
Category:Edward Blore buildings
Category:1180s establishments in England
Category:1539 disestablishments in England