Priory Farmhouse

BEDINGHAM CROW HILL TM 29 SE 5/11 Priory Farmhouse 25-9-51 GV II

Farmhouse. C16 and later, much modernised and sub-divided C20. Brick and timber frame, rendered and whitewashed. Steeply-pitched pantiled roofs. Two storeys and attics, T-shaped plan, cross-wing at east end. East facade two windows wide: 2 x 3-light C20 casements; ground floor canted bay to right with hipped slate roof and sashes with glazing bars. Doorway between window openings - 4-panel door with rectangular fanlight, reeded pilasters and canopy on console brackets. Brick return south gable to crosswing with parapet on moulded brick corbels, octagonal finials at gable base. Large internal gable stack with three octagonal shafts on moulded bases linked by plain cap of C20 brickwork; main stack rendered above roof line. External stack of C20 brickwork on north gable of crosswing. South wall of main range has offcentre gabled 2-storey porch, partly timber framed, underbuilt in brick with plain corner pilasters. Pointed entrance arch with plain brick drip mould. Old entrance door with ovolo-moulded battens and doorframe with wide stopped chamfer. Bay between porch and crosswing contains C20 casements and pantiled wedge dormer. West of porch two widely-spaced windows: 3-light C20 standard casements, with pointed-arch doorway between, arch rebuilt in C20 red brick. Opposite doorway, a large axial chimney stack with three octagonal shafts on moulded bases, the easternmost shaft rebuilt. Shaft tops linked by plain cap of C20 brickwork. Western bay of whitewashed brick, west gable rebuilt in C20 red brick. Rear (north) elevation has scattered fenestration of C20 casements. Slight projection at north-west corner with C20 dormer. North wall rebuilt on faced-in C20 whitewashed brick. Low single storey pantiled range on north gable of crosswing.

Listing NGR: TM4502793272