Bushmead Priory

Bushmead Priory is a former refectory that belonged to an Augustinian priory, with origins dating from the late 13th century through to the 16th or 17th century. The building features cobblestone and rubble walls with ashlar dressings, and its roof was restored in 1983. It has a 5-bay plan and is two storeys high, with the first floor likely inserted in the 16th century. The crown post roof has octagonal posts with carved bases and caps.

On the west gable end, there is a large window with a two-centred arched head and a hood mould that has grotesque mask stops. The 16th-century floor beams were supported on this sill, and the window was later reduced in size and given perpendicular tracery, along with single stage buttresses. The south elevation features, from left to right, a blocked doorway with a two-centred arch, a perpendicular doorway with detached shafts and a cinquefoiled tympanum, and a stone mullion and transom window on the ground floor.

There is a central doorway with a two-centred head, above which is a four-light window with stone mullions and two-centred heads, both from the 15th century. The ground floor also has two 2-light windows, while the first floor has one 3-light and one 4-light window, all from the 16th or 17th century, featuring stone mullions and four-centred heads, with one window having a hood mould and head stop, and some retaining early glass.