The Priory

The Priory is a house with origins dating back to the 14th century, significantly altered and extended in the 17th century and around 1800. Constructed from sandstone rubble with brick dressings, and timber-framed sections with painted brick infill, it features slate roofs and bridge ridge end stacks. The house has a half H-shaped plan, with wings extending to the west, and an external rubble chimney at the northern end of the main range. It is believed that during the 17th century the house was heightened and an additional wing added to the north. The building has two storeys and an attic.

The north-west wing exhibits a collar and tie-beam truss with three struts and a V-strut at its gable end. The north wing displays three rows of panels from sill to wall-plate. The east front has three bays. Windows in the outer bays have narrow timber lintels; the ground floor has large 16-pane sashes, while the first floor has smaller 9-pane sashes. The central first-floor window retains a round-arched brick head and a 6-pane window. The central entrance is sheltered by a gabled timber porch on timber posts, leading to a doorway with a moulded architrave and a 6-panelled door – four panels are raised and fielded, with the central two glazed. Attic lights are situated at the south gable end.

The north and south walls of the south-west wing each contain a blocked 14th-century pointed window, and a further blocked medieval opening exists in the gable end of the north-west wing. The north wing boasts a 17th-century diamond-mullioned window of four lights at its gable end. Lean-to additions are present on the north-west and north-east sides of the building. It is recorded that the building originally belonged to Leominster Priory.