Priory Farmhouse

SP 24 SE CLIFFORD CP

5/59 Priory Farmhouse

29/9/52 GV II*

Farmhouse incorporating part of former Cluniac priory. C14 priory with C17 to C20 additions and alterations. Rubble, slate roofs. North/south range of 5 roof bays, C14, enveloped at south end by U-block of late C17, cross-wing added to north end in late C17; 2 large C17 stacks against east wall of main north/south range. Two storeys, on cellar to south end. Garden (south) front: chamfered plinth and string course, wooden modillioned cornice; originally 7 windows with flat stone heads, only the 2 right of centre have windows (4-pane sashes with exposed sash boxes), rest blocked. Ground floor, 2 blocked windows to left, C20 casement, central door, 2 sashes as above, and a small 2-light casement to right, all under flat heads. Door, under canopy with lean-to slate roof, has 8 raised and fielded panels. Main front moved to west elevation of this range in the early C19, which has an ashlar facade. Some C17 wooden cross mullioned windows survive in east and west elevations. Interior: roof of north/south range is of 5 bays, the south bay originally separated off. Most of the roof is of arch braced collar trusses, tie-beam trusses at each end, and to south bay, 2 purlins with 2 sets of cusped wind braces. Cellar entry from garden (south) through short segmental headed tunnel under terrace, with reset C13 arch (2-centred head, filleted roll moulding) to cellar entrance, battened door possibly C16 or C17. There are some loose fragments of worked stone on the wall to the west of the house, probably C13 (not included). (RCHM 1, pp 40/41, no 5; Bismanis 1975, pp 120/123, pl 21).

Listing NGR: SO2532944554