Nestled in a woodland clearing at the foothills of the Cleveland Hills in North Yorkshire, Mount Grace Priory is a magical place. It has a history that spans nearly 650 years: an imposing manor house, which was redeveloped at the turn of the 20th-century in the Arts & Crafts style, sits amid the ruins of England’s best preserved Carthusian charterhouse, established in 1398.
From the solitary monks through to a wealthy, pioneering Victorian industrialist, Mount Grace’s unique gardens help trace its history and provide a link across the ages.
The Carthusians were a silent order of monks from France who lived in almost complete solitude in individual cells, their lives governed by a strict timetable of prayer and work. The cells were more elaborate
