The Priory

The Priory is a house, now used as offices, dating to the 17th and 18th centuries, with possible remnants of medieval work. It is constructed of brick, knapped flint with brick and Bath stone dressings, and random flint and stone. The roof is slate, with a wooden dentil eaves cornice and two end stacks. The house is three storeys high and five bays wide, featuring glazing bar sash windows. Ground floor windows have projecting keystones, while the second floor windows are framed by stone architraves, the central one of which is painted. The building includes a stone plinth, plat bands between the floors, and oval brick panels between the first-floor windows. A central, mid-19th century Gothic porch projects from the front, with diagonal buttresses and a carved coat of arms in the parapet. A two-storey, two-bay extension dating to circa 1800 adjoins the left side of the building.

The interior features an early 19th-century staircase in an oval hall, with square balusters. There are several mid-18th century fireplaces throughout the house. The house occupies the site of a priory founded in 1393. The author John Hughes, known for Tom Brown's Schooldays, resided here from 1833 to 1851.