Priory Farmhouse

Priory Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building that originally served as the inner gatehouse to the Priory of Augustinian Canons. It was converted into a house in the late 16th century. The structure dates back to the early 14th century, with alterations made in the late 16th century. It is built of squared and irregular coursed sandstone, with timber framing and brick infill, and features a plain-tiled roof. There is a red brick ridge stack and a late 16th-century projecting side stack at the rear, made of coursed sandstone with red brick in the upper courses.

The farmhouse has two storeys and an attic. The north front showcases two first-floor late 16th or early 17th-century ovolo mullion cross-frame casements made of sandstone. Above the doorway, there is another window with a moulded stone architrave and a three-light wood cross-frame casement from the 18th or 19th century. On the ground floor, a doorway is framed by an early 19th-century rusticated stone surround, leading to a 20th-century plank door. The early 14th-century carriageway arch, which is double chamfered, is now blocked. The rear wall also features an opposing carriageway arch that is blocked, along with late 16th-century cross-frame casements, including one with three lights on the first-floor hall.

The west gable end displays mid to late 16th-century timber framing with vertical studding, while the east gable end has been rebuilt in red brick during the 18th or 19th century. Inside, the mid to late 16th-century roof consists of five bays with through-purlins, wind bracing, cambered tie beams, and raking Queen struts. Some openings on the interior retain original chamfered arches from the early 14th century. A mid-17th-century staircase features symmetrically turned balusters with square newels and a moulded rail. There is also reset run-through panelling in one room, which has a 16th-century ceiling enriched with moulded main beams and painted shields of arms. This panelling was originally located on the first floor before being moved to the ground floor.

The building was originally the inner gatehouse with the prior's lodging above, part of the priory founded by William de Clinton, Earl of Huntingdon, in 1336 and consecrated in 1342. It is also designated as a scheduled ancient monument.