Pryors Hold

House, dating from circa 1600 with significant alterations in the mid-17th century and small additions in the late 17th and 18th centuries. The building is timber-framed, with plastered and partially pargetted elevations featuring a raised geometrical design from the late 17th century. It has a tiled roof and a red brick ridge stack with four flues, also dating to the 17th century. The original plan was a lobby-entry configuration with three rooms, which were later expanded by 17th and 18th century additions.

The front elevation originally featured four casements at first floor, now replaced with modern windows. Evidence remains in the wallplate for original window openings with diamond mullions. A boarded door is situated opposite the stack. A four-light diamond mullion window is visible on the rear wall, positioned above the service end, and a four-light ovolo mullion window is above the hall. A small jettied addition to the service bay was likely constructed in the mid-17th century, timber-framed, rendered, and tiled, with the jetty supported by brackets. A single casement at first floor and an iron casement with diamond lazing bars are on the front of this addition. Another addition on the front, to the right-hand side, likely dates to the late 17th or 18th century, and is timber-framed, roughcast rendered, and tiled. A rear kitchen or bakehouse, potentially dating from the house’s subdivision, is also present.

Internally, there are indications of an earlier building on the site; heavily sooted timbers in a partition wall and a wallplate suggest a previous structure. Joists in the ceilings of the centre room (hall) and the parlour, of heavy scantling and laid flat and unmoulded, are believed to be from the 15th century. The main beam in the hall is of a later date. The house was likely rebuilt around 1600, originally consisting of five structural bays. Framing is exposed, and abutting inglenook hearths of red brick are incorporated, one displaying a herringbone pattern. The chambers above are both heated. The roof is intact, featuring clasped side purlins with paired, cranked wind bracing. A doorway has been cut from the service end to the jettied addition. Short braces are present on the tiebeams.