The Priory

The Priory is a large house with origins dating back to the 16th century, which was extended in the 17th century and extensively remodelled in 1836 for the daughters of Reverend Harrison, as indicated by the date and initials on the rear. The structure features a timber frame and brick, with some clay lump, all plastered, and has plain tiled roofs. The main range consists of five bays with a lobby entry, accompanied by a two-bay rear wing, all designed in a Tudor Revival style.

The building is two storeys high with attics. At the center of the long main range is a projecting full-height gabled porch that includes a panelled four-centred arched door with a hood mould, an oriel window with stained glass on the first floor, a moulded base, a tiled head, and a single light in the attic, all adorned with ornamental bargeboards. The outer bays feature recessed three-light casements, each with four-centred arched heads and hood moulds, and there are bargeboarded gablets over each bay.

A large axial ridge stack with four 19th-century octagonal shafts is centrally located, while the right gable end has an extruded stack with multiple offsets and three octagonal shafts, also with ornamental bargeboards. The left gable end boasts a two-storey canted bay window, with ground floor windows arranged in a 3:2:3 light pattern similar to the front, and first-floor sashes above arms in the bargeboarded gable.

At the rear left, there is an extruded stack with two octagonal shafts, marked with '1836, AMH, JDH, GEH' and an 'H' in a panel. The rear right features a short two-storey early gabled wing, possibly originally a stair wing. The central rear section extends into a lower two-bay 17th-century range, which is attached to a 19th-century slate-roofed one-storey lean-to outshut with a six raised panelled door.

Inside, the early 19th-century plasterwork includes coffering and a four-centred arch to the bay window, along with an early 19th-century dogleg staircase, reused moulded binding beams, and a butt purlin collar roof with windbraces, with some framing visible in the rear wing. Additionally, there is a formerly detached 18th-century service building linked by a 19th-century lean-to, which is timber framed, plastered, and has a pantiled roof. This service building is two storeys high with two bays and features 20th-century casements and a large gable end external red brick stack with offsets. The interior includes a stop-chamfered axial binding beam, tension braces, and a butt purlin collar roof.