Avalon Priory

Avalon Priory Organic, vegan & raw food shared house, holistic events venue & wildlife haven

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Avalon Priory (Grade II listed) in Chilton Polden, Somerset, built in 1836 by William Stradling as a folly containing a tower, chapel and grotto to house his antiquarian collection and to hold meetings of his Masonic Lodge (The Lodge of Perpetual Friendship, Bridgwater). In the time since, it was enlarged into a country home for Katherine Maltwood (1878-1961) sculptress and visionary discoverer of the Glastonbury Zodiac. Examples of her scupltures still exist in the chapel and grounds. Today the place provides a vegan houseshare & holistic events venue.

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Priory Road
Bridgwater
TA79DH

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+447582166092

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AVALON PRIORY

Avalon Priory is a Holistic Centre comprising a residential community, rooms for visitors (BnB, volunteers etc.) plus spaces for hire (group room, Great Hall, chapel, therapy room) for courses, retreats, ceremonies (alternative weddings/handfastings, partings, namings, commemorations). Future development will provide a sauna/steamroom, yoga shala/fitness studio/lecture room, dormitory accommodation & studios. There are also horses on site available for ba****ck riding/equitherapy.

The centre welcomes people from all backgrounds, faiths, religions, nationalities, ethnicities, colours, genders, sexualities, abilities. The place is kept vegan, organic, alcohol/substance-free (smoking allowed in designated areas & kombucha permitted as an alternative to alcohol).

The main part of the property is Grade II Listed and comprises a Medieval Chapel & Tower plus a Country House built in the Gothic Revival / Arts’n’Crafts style by esteemed architect Bligh Bond who was responsible for the excavations at Glastonbury Abbey (uncovering King Arthur & Guinevere).

It was a former home of Katherine Maltwood, famous for the rediscovery of the Glastonbury Landscape Zodiac as well as a noted Arts & Crafts sculptress, esotericist, traveller & collector. There are a couple of her sculptures on site - Magna Mater & Avallon.