Moated site and monastic

retreat at

Crowle

Court

DESCRIPTION

OF THE

MONUMENT

The monument includes the buried and earthwork remains of the moated medieval monastic retreat at Crowle Court. It was an estate of the Bishop of Worcester from the 9th century and later formed a manor of the Priory of Worcester, which is believed to have acted as a summer residence or retreat during the 14th to 16th centuries and acted as the retirement home of Prior Moore on the eve of the Dissolution. The moated site lies on a plateau with rising ground to the west and north, whilst to the east and south the ground slopes gently down to the Bow Brook and its tributary. The parish church of Crowle, a Grade II* Listed Building, lies adjacent to the moat on its west side but is not included in the scheduling. [read full document]