Puttenham Priory

Puttenham Priory is a country house built in 1762 for Thomas Parker, with 20th-century extensions added to the rear. The exterior features colourwashed stucco and hipped slate roofs. The house has two storeys and an attic over a basement, with a multiple stack at the rear. The front is a symmetrical Palladian design with five bays, where the central three bays are highlighted by a pedimented break. There is a plinth at the basement, a plat band over the ground floor, and a full entablature over the first floor. The attic has four glazing bar sash windows and ball finials on pier pedestals. The ends of the building have pilasters and piers, with four attached columns supporting a central pediment that contains a roundel window. The columns have Adamesque capitals, fluted with vestigial leaves at the bottom. Glazing bar sash windows are present throughout, set in architrave surrounds. The central entrance features double panel doors within an Ionic column surround, topped by an open pediment with a traceried fanlight, and is accessed by a central flight of six steps.

On the right-hand return front, there is a projecting square bay to the left and a set-back range to the right, forming a re-entrant angle between the two ranges. Each floor on the left has one glazing bar sash window, with a larger tripartite window in the centre, divided by Doric and Ionic columns. A verandah is located on the ground floor to the left.

The interior has been much altered but includes a staircase hall with an iron balustrade leading to the landing above. Doric columns are found below, with Ionic columns on the landing.