The Sister'S House And Priors Mead

The Sister’s House and Priors Mead are two dwellings, likely originally a single house, dating to 1630. The construction features hammer-dressed stone, with rendered surfaces, and a stone slate roof. The building presents as a long range, visually a double-gabled frontage of two bays, with the right-hand bay projecting forward and three further bays (the right-hand one a cross-wing) under a separate roofline. All bays feature double-chamfered mullioned windows with hoodmoulds. A lean-to porch protects the doorway in the first bay, which bears an inscribed square lintel reading "S1630S". The left bay has a window of 6 lights over 4, while the second has a window of 8 lights with a king mullion over 6. A 19th-century doorway in the third bay has been converted into a 4-light window over 5. A similar doorway and 8-light window over 5 are found in the fourth bay, and a 6-light window over 5 in the fifth bay. All gables are coped with kneelers and finials. Chimneys are positioned after the second and fourth bays. An altered return wall on the right-hand side features some altered windows, including one of 4 lights with wooden diamond mullions. A single-storey section extends to the rear.

Internally, the main body of The Sister’s House has large, stop-chamfered spine beams and a large, segmental arched fireplace with a simple chamfered inscription "TAP 1658.” The main body of Priors Mead similarly displays stop-chamfered spine beams, with scarf joints indicating evidence of a former bressumer and firehood. A timbered arcade with posts and straight braces forms a good-quality aisle, while the rear of the parlour chamber has a close-studded wall. The parlour chamber also features a fireplace with a square lintel and composite chamfered jambs. A former 17th-century plastered ceiling is no longer present. A ground floor room in the central bay contains a plaster tablet bearing the date 1584, reportedly imported from a house in Wakefield.