Pittenweem Priory

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The Pittenweem Priory is a former convent in the Scottish village of Pittenweem in the Council Area Fife . In 1972 the building was included as an individual monument in the Scottish list of monuments in the highest category A. The former gatehouse is independently classified as a Category A building.

history

It was the Scottish King David I who furnished the Benedictine abbey on the Isle of May with the lands in Pittenweem around 1142. The abbey was under the English mother monastery Reading Abbey . There was a lively exchange between the Isle of May and Pittenweem locations. In the course of the Scottish Wars of Independence , the convent was subordinated to the Augustinian St Andrews Priory in St Andrews , Scotland . During the 15th century, the Great House was built to house the monks in Pittenweem. The secularization by Jacob VI. took place in 1592 when the facility was handed over to Burgh Pittenweem.

During the 17th century, parts of the buildings were redesigned. From 1828 the partly rebuilt Great House served as the town hall, and an adjacent building served as the rectory . Today the restored houses are used as residential buildings.

description

Victorian extension and the restored, former rectory

The facility overlooks Pittenweems harbor on the Firth of Forth . It partly overbuilds St Fillan's Cave, which has been venerated as a Christian since medieval times . The oldest quarry stone walls are believed to date from the 16th century. A Victorian porch was added when furnishing the town hall . The final roof is partly covered with slate and the north gable is plastered with Harl .

The various construction phases of the former rectory on the south side can be traced based on the nature of its masonry. Its facades are partly plastered with Harl.

Gatehouse

Former gatehouse of Pittenweem Priory

The former gatehouse is located on the north-west corner of the enclosed area. The building, formerly classified as a Scheduled Monument , dates back to the 15th century. In the course of the 17th century, an extension was added as part of a revision. A wide arched portal is set in the middle . The two-story building closes with a crenellated reinforcement with machiculi .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ a b Entry on Pittenweem Priory  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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Coordinates: 56 ° 12 '49.1 "  N , 2 ° 43' 40.1"  W.