The Nunnery

The Nunnery, formerly known as Nunnery Place House, is a house dating from the early 17th century, with restoration completed in 1990-91. It features re-used limestone ashlar and machine tile roofs, and has a nearly square plan beneath three parallel roofs running east-west. There is a late 20th-century extension to the east, and the main facade faces south.

The building is two storeys high with a dormer attic and consists of three bays. The central door has three glazed vertical panels and is framed by a doorcase with two panelled pilasters topped with volute capitals, supporting a frieze and a pediment. The frieze includes two lozenges, while the pediment features a moulded circle. The windows are renewed 6/6 sashes, with those on the ground floor set beneath segmental heads. The hipped roof has a renewed gabled dormer.

The west front is irregular, featuring a 20th-century casement window on the ground floor under a segmental head, next to a doorway with an ovolo-moulded reveal. There is a blocked doorway to the left, and the first floor has three sashes with either 8/8 or 3/3 glazing bars. The house has three hipped roof ranges, two of which have gabled dormers, and four stacks at various intervals.

Inside, the property features chamfered bridging beams. On the ground floor, there is a timber fire surround from the mid-18th century, decorated with foliage scrollwork, two high-relief eagles, two rabbits, two foxes, and a water mill in the centre. The south-west room contains early 17th-century small-framed panelling with central lozenges and a fluted doorcase surround, while the first-floor south-west room has similar panelling but without the lozenges. The roofs are 18th-century replacements with staggered butt purlins.