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Friary Court is a monastic grange forming part of the medieval priory estate in Kent. The site represents the agricultural infrastructure associated with monastic communities, whose granges served as centres of food production and storage for the religious house. The surviving structures and their layout reflect the practical organisation of monastic land management during the medieval period. As recorded in the National Heritage List for England under entry 1007464, the site preserves evidence of the economic functions that sustained monastic life in this region.
Monastic grange at Friary Court is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007464. View the official record →
Friary Court is a monastic grange forming part of the medieval priory estate in Kent. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007464.
Monastic grange at Friary Court 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 1007464.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman enclosure SE of Vagniacae (1.5 km), Icehouse at Clock House, Green Street Green (2.8 km), Deserted medieval manorial settlement of Cossington (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Monastic grange at Friary Court'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.
Monastic grange at Friary Court stands on Thanet Sand Formation, bedrock that formed in the Thanetian. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.