Priory House

Priory House is a large, detached farmhouse dating from the early to mid-17th century, with a refronting around 1750 for Robert Sandford. It is constructed of ashlar limestone, coursed rubble, and roughcast render, with ashlar and artificial stone rebuilt chimneys and a stone slate roof. The house is three stories high with a cellar, arranged around a central staircase plan.

The front elevation has a fenestration pattern of 1:3:1, with 12-pane sashes on the ground and middle floors, and a 9-pane sash above. All the windows have thick glazing bars and plain beaded architraves. A central break forward features a pediment displaying the Sandford arms. The central doorway is pedimented, with moulded architraves, a pulvinated frieze, and double six-panel doors with a rectangular fanlight above. An upper floor window above the doorway has similar architraves and frieze, with a flat cornice. Eared architraves frame the window on the upper floor. A plain middle floor band and a moulded cornice run below a plain parapet. The roofs are hipped.

The south side has a continuation of the parapet and band from the front elevation with a 4-window fenestration mirrored from the front. Two ground floor and one middle floor openings have been blocked. The rear features two wings projecting from a recessed central section. The wings are roughcast with ashlar quoins, and the parapet continues from the sides. The wing ends have single windows, while the centre has C19 restored mullioned and transomed casements with hoodmoulds on the ground and middle floors. Above the centre doorway is a late C19 framed porch, a rusticated architraves, a round-arched staircase sash, and a 2-light casement.

The north side displays scattered C19 mullioned and transomed fenestration, and an off-centre chimney gable with a rebuilt stack. An area of ashlar to the ground floor right contains a Tudor-arched doorway with a plank and cover strip door.

The interior includes a spacious hall with an open-well staircase, featuring three barley-sugar balusters to each step, fluted Doric newels, and a ramped handrail with wreathed ends. There's also dado panelling. A service staircase with splat balusters likely survives from the original 17th-century house. The upper floor is unfinished, with unplastered walls, no floorboards, and unfinished ceilings. Extensive brick-vaulted cellars date to the 18th century. The house stands adjacent to the church and contributes significantly to the group value of the setting.