More information : [SU 62438132] Elvendon Priory on Remains of [T.I.]
Priory [G.T.] (1)
Elvenden (or Elvendon)...... a small manor ...... marked on the
ordnance map in Gothic letters 'Site of Priory', but there is
no evidence of there ever having been a religious house there.
It is not mentioned in the Valor Ecclesiasticus but the nuns
[of Goring Priory] may have had a house of Retreat there.
Ancient remains of some importance have been found from time to
time and there is the reported existence of an underground
passage to Goring Priory.
Sometime in the 13th c. the manor was in the hands of the
family of de Waleys or Wales. (2)
Elvendon Priory, a large private residence, is a two-storey
building of knapped flint with stone dressings: the roof is
tiled. The central portion of the main block contains
considerable evidence of early work, including thick walling
(See GP/AO/60/157/2) and a number of original windows still in
situ, one of three lights on the W. front being of 14th c. date.
(see GP/AO/60/157/3). E. of the house, surrounding a rose
garden, is a massive flint wall said by the owner to be
contemporary.
The remainder of the house is modern though constructed in
similar style to the original: it contains stained glass
windows commemorating prioresses of Goring Abbey with which the
house is alleged to have some connection.
The owner could offer no information regarding its history, but it would seem from auth. 4 and the surviving architectural detail that it represents the remains of a 14th c. manor-house. (3)
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