The Priory

The Priory is a former priory, dating back to the 12th century, and now used as an old people's home. It was restored in the 19th century and has a large 19th-century addition. The building is constructed of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and brick, with pantile and slate roofs. It features plain eaves, coped gables with kneelers, and four gable, single ridge, rear wall, and side wall stacks. The main block is two storeys plus attics, arranged over six bays in an L-plan. The west gable has a 19th-century double lancet window with four-centred arched heads on each floor. The west front also features a 19th-century double lancet, above which are two restored single lancets to the left and two 19th-century double lancets to the right. The north side has a stable door, a casement in a chamfered square reveal, and a 20th-century casement. Above these are a double and a single restored lancet. The south front has a 19th-century double lancet to the left and a similar triple lancet to the right, with a restored double lancet above. The 19th-century extension includes a south-facing, off-centre porch with coped gable and kneelers, flanked by 19th-century canted timber bay windows, the one on the right being two storeys high. Each bay window has two plain sashes and a pair of French windows. Beyond the porch is a mullioned and transomed casement with a hood mould, above which are two plain sashes with segmental heads, and another bay window with three plain sashes. The east front has a 20th-century casement and a door dating from around 1984. Above are three plain sashes. A segmental-headed door is flanked by single casements with segmental heads on the rear elevation, with a plain sash beyond to the left. Above these are six irregular plain sashes. The interior of the south wing features a front room with half-height oak panelling and a 16th-century chamfered ashlar fireplace with a joggled lintel, topped with a re-set marble ogee window head. Other rooms contain mid-19th-century marble fireplaces with curved brackets, two slate and marble 19th-century fireplaces, an early 19th-century hob grate, and two 18th-century plank doors.