Small farmbuilding at right angles to cowshed at Priory Farm

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MAIDEN BRADLEY MILL LANE (south side) Small farmbuilding at right angles to cowshed at Priory Farm

(formerly listed as Remains of Augustinian Priory)

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GV II Small monastic domestic building, now disused farmbuilding.Probably C15. Rubble stone, corrugated asbestos roof, formerly thatched, removed north stack. Two storey, one window west front. Tudor-arched stone doorway with rebate to right, giving access to internal stairs, former two-light chamfered mullioned window to left, with inserted C19 window. First floor has chamfered open window to left. Left return has planked stable door with segmental head to right, blocked two-light mullioned window to first floor. Rear is windowless. Right return has blocked arched opening to ground floor.

Interior of ground floor has very deep chamfered beam to ceiling and first floor. Winding stone stairs from outside to first floor; no internal access between floors. First floor has stone square-headed fireplace, C20 roof.

One of two surviving domestic monastic buildings from the Priory founded here in 1190, a leprosy hospital was on this site during the C12.

(Listing NGR: ST7994040323