Pryor House

Pryor House is a house located in East Hanney, dating from around the 17th century, and is possibly a remodelling of an earlier structure. It underwent alterations in the 18th century and was extended in the 20th century. The building is timber-framed, with infill and parts rebuilt in brick, and has roughcast gable ends. It features a plain tile roof with gabled ends and brick axial and gable-end stacks.

The layout consists of a two-room plan, which may have originally included a central cross-passage that is now blocked. The eastern room is heated by a gable-end stack. In the 18th century, part of the frame was rebuilt in brick. A wing was added to the rear of the right end in the 20th century, and another extension was built at the left end later in the same century.

The exterior is one storey with an attic and has an asymmetrical five-window front. The left part is timber-framed with tension braces and brick infilling, while the right part is constructed in Flemish bond brick. It features 20th-century casement windows with glazing bars. Above the left bay, there is a weatherboarded gable. The left end has a set-back 20th-century timber-frame and brick extension with a porch in the angle. The main roof at the rear extends over a verandah situated between the 20th-century wing on the left and the later extension on the right.

Inside, the central room has a deeply chamfered axial beam with large step stops and a large gable-end fireplace with chamfered stone jambs and a renewed lintel. The right-hand room contains a roughly chamfered axial beam without stops. The central partition features a jowled post and a glazed panel that exposes wattle-and-daub infill. The roof structure includes tie-beam trusses with collars, staggered and through purlins, and common rafter couples.