5 And 6 Priory Bank

These cottages, now combined into a single house, were built in the late 17th or early 18th century. They are constructed from roughly-coursed limestone rubble with timber framing, and have a thatched roof and a brick gable stack. The original plan comprised one or two rooms per cottage. The houses have one storey and attic space. There is a plank door and a two-light casement window to each cottage; the second unit of number 6 has an additional casement. All the windows were inserted when numbers 3 to 6 were given uniform openings, featuring brick quoins and segmental arches, likely in the early 19th century. All casements have plank shutters. There are two small dormers in the roof. The right-hand gable wall of number 6 has a jettied first floor of plastered timber framing. A long thatched outbuilding range is attached to the rear of number 5. The interior of number 5 includes chamfered spine beams with run-out stops and a semi-cellar in the rear range. Number 6 has a winder staircase beside the stack and a clasped-purlin roof. The cottages form part of a picturesque row.