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St Katherine's Priory, Polsloe is a Dominican convent founded in the mid-thirteenth century near Exeter in Devon. The priory was established as a house for Dominican nuns and remained active until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century. Substantial remains of the medieval buildings survive, including parts of the church and conventual structures that reflect the architectural character of a late medieval Dominican establishment. The site preserves important evidence of monastic life in Devon and the physical layout of a female religious community of the later Middle Ages.
St Katherine's Priory, Polsloe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017595. View the official record →
St Katherine's Priory, Polsloe is a Dominican convent founded in the mid-thirteenth century near Exeter in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017595.
St Katherine's Priory, Polsloe 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 1017595.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Loye's Chapel and cross, Rifford Road (1.9 km), Medieval bridge and part of a late medieval conduit under Holloway Street (2.5 km), The medieval Exe Bridge, St Edmund's Church, and medieval tenement remains, lying between the River Exe and Frog Street (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of St Katherine's Priory, Polsloe'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.
St Katherine's Priory, Polsloe stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.