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Greyfriars Chapel in Priory Park, Sussex, is a Franciscan friary chapel of medieval date. The chapel survives as a substantial stone structure, representing the surviving architectural remains of what was once a significant religious community dedicated to the Franciscan order. The site reflects the importance of mendicant establishments in medieval Sussex and demonstrates the characteristic form of friary architecture from the period. The chapel's survival, albeit in fragmentary form, provides evidence of the religious and architectural heritage of the county during the Middle Ages.
Greyfriars Chapel, Priory Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005863. View the official record →
Greyfriars Chapel in Priory Park, Sussex, is a Franciscan friary chapel of medieval date. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005863.
Greyfriars Chapel, Priory Park is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1005863.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chichester Castle (0.1 km), Chichester City Walls, The Tower, Orchard Street (0.2 km), St Martin's Lane, Little London car park, Roman site (0.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Greyfriars Chapel, Priory Park's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Greyfriars Chapel, Priory Park stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.