Priory Gatehouse And Attached Rubble Wall

BROMFIELD

SO47NE Priory Gatehouse and attached rubble 825-1/4/32 wall 12/11/54

GV II*

Gatehouse of Benedictine Priory. C12 with C17 upper storey. Rubble; timber-frame with brick; C20 plain tile roof; brick composite ridge stack. 2-storeys; 3-window range: central canted oriel with mullion and transom metal lattice lights, under small gable with simple finial; flanked by two 2-light mullions with metal lattice glazing. Deep central arch with drip-course over, flanked by 2 plain buttresses. Rear: pair of 2-light oak mullion windows with metal lattice glazing, over central opening; flanked by similar lights, that to left without glazing. Central opening under oak lintel, flanked by wide buttresses; flanked by restored oak and sandstone mullions under shouldered drip-course, and to right, early C20 plank door with wide lattice light. Central passage has plastered ceiling, plank doors with strap hinges. Left returned side has 2-light mullion window with metal lattice glazing, to ground floor. Right returned side: 1st floor has lath and plaster infill; three 2-light mullions, one with simple hood on consoles. C20 barge-boards and spike-finials.

Listing NGR: SO4810676822