The Priest'S House

TQ 24 NW 6/147 11.11.66

LEIGH C.P. SMALLS HILL ROAD

The Priest's House

GV II

House. C15 core, extended in C16, Cl9 and C20 using old materials. Timber framed with whitewashed brick infilling and Horsham slab roofs of varying heights. Original house now to left of centre of T-shaped plan, later builds to ends forming long picturesque arrangement. 2 storeys with attics in gable to left of centre. Corbelled brick stacks to ends, larger multiple stacks to junctions of ranges and to right of centre on old core. Irregular fenestration, the majority of diamond-pane leaded casement type. Right hand build with large hall window of 6 mullioned and transomed lights through both floors, flanked by smaller casements on first floor. Arch bracing to ground floor left of door. 2 window range to right of centre with first floor jettied on end brackets, 4-light windows on ground floor. Old house adjacent to left with one first floor and 2 ground floor casement windows on gable bay, 3 windows on each floor to right and door in angle with gable. Off-set stack to left of gable on side wall of range set back to left end. 2 windows on first floor, one window below, and further door to left. The nucleus of the building was reputedly the Priest's house, and the house now forms part of the group around The Green.

Listing NGR: TQ2243146881