Portsmouth Priory School

at , Portsmouth , 02871 United States

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Portsmouth Abbey School, formerly known as Portsmouth Priory School, is New England’s co-educational Catholic Benedictine boarding and day school. It is run by the Benedictine Portsmouth Abbey, formerly Portsmouth Priory.Located a short distance from Newport, Rhode Island, the campus sits on 525 acres bordered by Narragansett Bay and the Carnegie Abbey Club. The school has 350 boarding and day students in grades 9 – 12. Added features of Portsmouth Abbey School are its 41 athletics teams – varsity and junior varsity – diverse community service programs, squash & fitness center, multi-sport synthetic turf field, and its sailing, equestrian and golf facilities.HistoryThe school and monastery are located on land originally owned by the Freeborn family beginning in the 1650s. The land was later owned by the Anthony family, and in 1778 it was the site of the Battle of Rhode Island during the American Revolution. In 1864 Amos Smith, a Providence financier, built what is now known as the Manor House and created a gentleman's farm on the site with the help of architect Richard Upjohn. After buying the Manor House and surrounding land in 1918, Dom Leonard Sargent of Boston, a convert from the Episcopal Church, founded Portsmouth Priory on October 18, 1918. The priory was founded as, and remains, a house of the English Benedictine Congregation. It is one of only three American houses in the congregation, and maintains a unique connection with sister schools in England, including Ampleforth College and Downside School.

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Portsmouth Priory School is Portsmouth based place and this enity listed in Education category. 02871.