Priory House

Priory House is a house that was formerly the rectory, built in the late 18th century on the Sea or Roman Bank, close to the site of the medieval Chapel of St Mary at the Sea. The structure is made of local brick, featuring paler bricks on the front wall and red bricks on the side and rear walls. It has a steeply pitched roof with parapets, covered in 19th-century slates, and includes tumbled gable ends and end stacks. The house is designed in an L-shape, with two storeys and attics.

The front has a range of five flush frame hung sashes, each with twelve panes set in open boxing, and features rubbed red brick arches and stone sills. The central doorway is accompanied by a 20th-century brick porch and half-glazed double doors. There is an early 19th-century addition at the angle of the house, constructed of brick with a shallow pitch and a hipped slate roof. This addition includes a pedimented doorcase with fluted pilasters and a frieze.

Inside, the layout consists of two rooms flanking a narrower stair and hall bay. Some original doors remain, featuring raised and fielded panels, and there are two round-headed alcoves flanking the hearth.