The Old Priory

The Old Priory is a house dating from the 16th or early 17th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. It is timber-framed and incorporates wattle-and-daub and 20th-century infill panels. The lower portion is built on a sandstone rubble plinth, and the roof is covered with Welsh slate. The three bays are aligned north/south and face west. A large axial stack is located behind the through-passage. The house has two storeys and features four small, two-light casement windows inserted into square panels within the timber framing. Five-light, 20th-century mullioned windows are located alongside a lean-to porch which has a ledged, 20th-century door. Inside, the house retains a chamfered cross-beamed ceiling with jewelled stops, and a fireplace with chamfered stone jambs and a chamfered wooden lintel in the current sitting room. There is a similar, smaller fireplace in the room above. The house stands on the site of a former priory, which was a cell of the order of Tiron, a branch of the Benedictine order.