Greyfriars,
Gloucester
Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city, non-metropolitan district and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West England, South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean ...
, England, was a medieval monastic house founded about 1231.
In about 1518 a prominent local family, the Berkeleys of
Berkeley Castle
Berkeley Castle ( ; historically sometimes spelled as ''Berkley Castle'' or ''Barkley Castle'') is a castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. The castle's origins date back to the 11th century, being designated by English ...
, paid for the church to be rebuilt in
Perpendicular Gothic
Perpendicular Gothic (also Perpendicular, Rectilinear, or Third Pointed) architecture was the third and final style of English Gothic architecture developed in the Kingdom of England during the Late Middle Ages, typified by large windows, four-ce ...
style.
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English Heritage The rest of the friary complex was later demolished.
See also
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Blackfriars, Gloucester
Blackfriars, Gloucester, England, founded about 1239, is one of the most complete surviving Dominican black friaries in England. His widow, Anne Hooper and other Blackfriars clergy were exiled abroad. Hooper and her daughter, Rachel, died in ...
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Whitefriars, Gloucester
Whitefriars, also known as the White Friars or The College of Carmelites, Gloucester, England, was a Carmelite friary of which nothing now survives.
History
The Friary was outside the north gate of the city and was founded around 1268 or 1269, p ...
References
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Greyfriars English Heritage
English Heritage sites in Gloucestershire
Monasteries in Gloucestershire
History of Gloucester
Buildings and structures in Gloucester
1231 establishments in England
Christian monasteries established in the 1230s
1538 disestablishments in England
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