Llanthony Secunda Priory was established in Gloucester in 1136 as a safer offshoot of Llanthony Priory in the Black Mountains of Monmouthshire, a location that was subject to attack during border wars and skirmishes. Nothing remains of Gloucester's priory church or cloisters. Parts of the walls, barns, gatehouse and other domestic buildings can be seen and have recently been subject to restoration and interpretation. The photograph shows a long medieval range of stone and timber-framed construction. Adjoining it is a farmhouse, rebuilt in c.1855-60 by P.C. Hardwick, that gives scant acknowledgement to its venerable neighbour.The whole setting is now an open parkland area near Gloucester Quays and Docks, in which the size of the buildings is somewhat lost. My wife obliged by adding some scale to the scene.
