Anglesey House

Anglesey House is a house located on High Street in Swaffham Prior, likely built in the late 17th century and extended in the early and late 18th century with the addition of a room at the north end. The front wall is timber-framed and rendered, resting on a narrow brick sill, while the side and rear walls are made of clunch, except for the gable apexes which are also framed. The roof was raised in the early 18th century and is covered with plain tiles, featuring two similar stacks made of gault brick with string-courses designed as cornices.

Originally, the house had a single range of four rooms with a lobby entry, but a passage was cut through the stack around 1900. The building has two storeys and includes four early 18th-century cross frame casements with leaded lights and iron stay bars, some of which retain original glazing. On the ground floor, there are four similar windows, two of which have three lights. The early 18th-century addition at the rear also features similar casements in its gables. The late 18th-century addition to the north is made of clunch and cased in gault brick.

Inside, the heads of the posts of the framed front wall can be seen at the first floor, indicating the original eaves height. There is also an early 18th-century closed string staircase that has been reset, featuring square newels and turned balusters, along with some panelling that is now concealed in a ground floor room.