Useful information
- Phone : +44 20 7324 4005
- Website: : http://museumstjohn.org.uk
Description
The Great Priory of England was destroyed in 1546 on Royal orders after the assets of the Templars had enriched it when they were dissolved. Only the door was kept. The 16C guardhouse, flanked by three storey towers, was the south entrance to the Priory. The Great Priory Church used to stretch out further towards the west. Under the low vaults of the 12C crypt, which is the only remnant of the original Priory, are the statues of a Spanish grandee and the recumbent figure of the last Prior.
Localisation
Things to see and donearby
- The Green Guide226 m - Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6AN
- The Green Guide254 m - 201-232 Charterhouse Street, London EC1
- The Green Guide386 m - W. Smithfield, London EC1A 7JQ
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Where to sleepnearby
- From £112Clerkenwell Premium Deluxe91 m - Albemarle Way, Clerkenwell, London EC1V 4JB
- From £95Luxury Central London Apartment - Farringdon101 m - Flat 6 / 116-118 St John Street, London EC1V 4JW
- From £72StayInn Farringdon104 m - London EC1M 4AN
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Where to eatnearby
- Banh Mi Aha! FarringdonAround£2573 m - 86 Saint John Street, London EC1M 4EH
- Luca£££MICHELIN 202473 m - 88 St John Street, Clerkenwell, London EC1M 4EH
- LanternAround£2091 m - 21 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5RD
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