The Priory

The Priory is a house that dates from the mid 17th century and was remodeled in the mid 19th century. It is constructed of rendered brick and features a thatched roof. The building has an asymmetric plan with two storeys and attics. The original 17th-century east-west wing has gabled ends and a short north-east wing. To the south, two short symmetrical wings were added in the 19th century, along with a triple pile to the north that incorporates the short 17th-century wing.

The eastern facade is asymmetric, with a gable on the left side. There is a central single-storey porch that has a battlemented parapet. The entrance door is half glazed and features a 'Tudor' arch hood mould with spandrels in render. The windows are 2 and 3-light casements with transoms, rectangular hood moulds, and label stops. The southern facade is symmetrical and double fronted, with French casements at ground floor level and 2-light casements with transoms on the first floor, all featuring hood moulds. A central recessed four-panel door with a fanlight is flanked by single light casements. The gables have timber quatrefoiled oculuses and decorated timber bargeboards.

The house has axial stacks with double polygonal shafts on the north-east and north-west wings, as well as an internal stack at the rear of the north-east wing. The interior is mainly from the 19th century, featuring a black and white marble fireplace on the ground floor and a timber fire surround on the first floor. There is a straight flight stair with square balusters and a wreathed hardwood handrail. The ceilings are moulded plaster, and the first floor has 17th-century transverse bridging joists with ovolo mouldings and barred stops. Some 17th-century hardwood floorboards can be found on the first floor, along with a six-bay windbraced butt purlin roof in the east-west range. There is also a former external axial end stack within the north-east wing.