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The Priory was situated on Grenoble Road, Littlemore, next to Oxford United's Kassam Stadium and closed suddenly in June 2013. The building is Grade II-listed and more than 600 years old. It was built in the mid-1400s as a rebuild of part of Littemore Priory - a nunnery founded in 1110. It was converted into a farmhouse, known as Minchery Farmhouse, in 1600; about 70 years after the nunnery was closed by Cardinal Wolsey, with the excuse that the nuns had been criticised for 'lewd and immoral behaviour'.

Review from tantallon.org.uk:

ass Bitter £1.92 Dry Blackthorn Cider £2.04 Guinness Stout £2.14 (25.iv.1998) It's a low flat building at the far end of Priory Road from the Minchery Farm estate, just south of Minchery Farm itself and just to the east of the Oxford Science Park. It used to be Littlemore Priory until the dissolution of the monasteries, and in recent times has passed through a succession of owners and functions culminating in the present ownership by Mill House Inns, and the present title. The pub sign actually says "The Priory and ...?...". Huge TV screen, food on sale (not clear when), a sizeable car park, and some benches outside. One ale on cask, Bass, not that impressive.

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