The Priory

The Priory is a house, likely dating from the 16th century, with substantial alterations in 1690, 1841, and 1845. It is constructed of coursed rubble stone with ashlar dressings, featuring Collyweston and Welsh slate roofs and three brick chimney stacks. The house is two storeys high with attics.

The street front has a centrally positioned doorway with a four-centred arched stone surround and a moulded hood. The door itself is half-glazed with two pointed lights. To the left of the doorway are two two-light mullion windows with arched lights, each set under a flat moulded hood. To the right is a similar three-light window, followed by a single light window. Above the doorway is a smaller single light window, with two further two-light windows to the left. High in the gable is another two-light window. To the right is a tall two-light window with pointed lights, projecting into the small gable above, which contains a small stone trefoil and is topped with an ornate gable.

The rear facade retains an original stone wall to the right, featuring a large four-light mullioned window with arched lights. To the left is a four-centred arched doorway with another half-glazed door. Above are two two-light mullion windows and a 20th-century dormer window. A projecting brick wing is situated to the left, supported by three pointed and chamfered stone arches. The arches incorporate a flat-headed porch to the right, supported on a chamfered stone pillar. Between the arches are quatrefoils with shields. This wing has flush ashlar quoins and a flush ashlar cill band. Above is a pair of tall pointed arched windows rising into a brick gable, flanked by small single light arched windows under flat hoods. A plaque inscribed ‘RWM 1690’ is located to the right.

This is a well-built traditional village farmhouse which was restored and re-interpreted during the Victorian era using high-quality craftsmen and materials.