Flowton Priory

Flowton Priory is a house, originally built in the early 16th century as a Priory in Ipswich. It was moved to its present location in 1925 and subsequently extended and altered in a style sympathetic to its original design. The Priory was sold in 1933. The building is timber framed, with 20th-century red brick nogging and a plinth; the upper floor has plaster infill. It has a plain tile roof. The main range runs southwest to northeast, and the entrance is at the northeast end. A two-storey, attic, T-shaped extension is located at the southwest end. Leaded casement windows are found throughout. The entrance side features a wide door arch with a bracketed five-light oriel window above. The left side has two two-light casements on the ground floor, and above these two smaller original two-light casements. The right side shows a projecting gable end with a jettied upper floor and gable, displaying curved tension braces. A canted 20th-century ground floor window is present, above which is a three-light upper floor casement. The northwest elevation exhibits two gable ends similar to the front, the left having an eight-light ground floor casement and a four-light upper window, while the right has a first-floor jettied square oriel flanked by early ovolo-mullioned two-light casements. There are five casement windows in the centre. The jetties are decorated with 17th-century-style strapwork consoles. Several original carved wooden lintels remain. The southeast elevation features three gable ends in stepped formation. The central gable is associated with a late 17th-century stairwell, executed in a 16th-century style. The right gable has a two-story square window bay. A 16th-century mullioned window is located to the left of the stair bay. The left gable features mullioned and transomed ground floor lights and a first-floor square oriel flanked by small 16th-century lights. Similar consoles and carved lintels are present as on the northwest side. The interior reveals original floor beams and wall partitions. The north ground floor room contains a fine early 16th-century stone fireplace surround and hood. Some 16th-century stained glass, including the arms of Cardinal Wolsey, is preserved. A late 17th-century staircase has replacement balusters.