Phillips pulled down most of the priory church in 1696.
However, a priory church and associated buildings were never built there.
The remainder were used in the construction of the new priory church.
The original priory church was built in the Norman style.
There is also the remains of a medieval priory church (from which the house gets its name).
The priory church was built between 1352 and 1361.
It never had a priory church and only ever housed a few monks.
It now stands next to the priory church and is currently used as council offices.
This gives us a clue of how grand the original priory church would have been.
The monastic buildings were located on the north side of the priory church.