The Priory is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1988. House. 1 related planning application.

The Priory

WRENN ID
riven-corbel-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Huntingdonshire
Constituency
North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1988
Type
House
Address
The Priory, 16, Middle Street, Elton, PE8 6RA
OS grid reference
TL 086 938
Coordinates
52.53172, -0.39947
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

House, possibly dating from the 17th century and incorporating some medieval materials, with significant rebuilding and a new facade in the mid to late 19th century. The construction uses coursed limestone rubble and ashlar limestone, with decorative moulded Ketton stone details. The roof is covered in Collyweston stone slates. The house is two storeys high with attics, and consists of a main east-west range with a projecting wing to the right. Parapet gables are present, with end stacks and a ridge stack to the right of the centre. The left-hand stack features paired ashlar shafts and a cornice, while the right-hand stacks have paired octagonal ashlar shafts. An entrance porch is located to the left of the centre, featuring a parapet gable, a finial, and a panelled door shaped to a four-centred chamfered arch. A two-storey bay window is on the left-hand side, with a parapet facade gable behind, and sash windows with four-centred heads and spandrels. A square bay window is positioned on the right-hand side, with sash windows between ovolo mullions. The cross wing has two first-floor casement windows with two lights, and a three-light casement window at each floor. There are also two gabled dormer windows. The house was altered around 1860 by John Lawrence, the estate agent for Elton Hall. The wing to the right originally extended to the road.

Local climate

The Priory sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2006
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • Flood risk assessment
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