Priory House

Priory House, formerly known as The Priory, is a building that likely dates from the late 17th century, with an earlier 18th-century range added on the east side, creating an L-shaped plan. The later 17th-century section is said to incorporate remains of St Mary's Priory. The house is two stories high, with an additional range on the south side and a one-story pent roof extension to the west. It features Welsh slate roofs and is constructed from Devonian random limestone rubble, partly rendered. There is an old stack on the north side with raking offsets and a red brick chimney addition.

The north side has a two-window front with casement windows that have timber lintels and some glazing bars. The western extension includes mullioned windows with stay bars. The entrance doorway in the western extension has a moulded surround, a plank door with iron pegs, and old wrought iron hinges. The earlier 18th-century section is also two stories high and features dormers, with a symmetrical five-window east facade. This part has a Welsh slate roof with coped gables, kneelers, and finials, as well as old red brick stacks on the west side with moulded, multiform chimneys. The walls are made of coursed, squared Devonian limestone rubble, and there is a moulded wooden eaves cornice. The slightly recessed sash windows have gauged, flat brick arches, exposed boxing, stone keys, and glazing bars, while the flat-headed dormers add to the character. A former central cupola has been removed.

The early 19th-century Greek Doric portico has been later altered to form a porch. Inside the earlier 18th-century range, there is a well-preserved panelled ground floor room featuring panelling with a dentil cornice and fluted pilasters flanking a modern fireplace with a bolection-moulded over-mantle panel. The fine Rococo style ceiling is decorated with eagles and a medallion of Charles I, dated 1735 from Bowden. The hall features an original bracketed cornice, and the open staircase has an open string and slender turned balusters (three to a tread) with columnar newels and a ramped handrail.