Description

MARKBY MAIN STREET
TF 47 NE
(east side)
3/72 The Priory
3-2-67

G.V. II

Farmhouse. C16 with early C19 and late C19 and C20 alterations.
Red brick in English bond with concrete tiled roofs. 2 external
gable and one ridge C19 stacks in red and yellow bricks. 2
storey, 4 bay front with tall plinth and first floor band, having
off centre C20 glazed door with evidence of reduction of opening
and to left a portion of a hacked back brick hood mould. To left
a triple glazing bar sash and to right 2 similar windows. To
first floor are 3 similar smaller openings with to left a blocked
rectangular opening. The roof was lowered in the C19.
Interior. Has one internal ashlar wall, probably medieval from
the Augustinian Priory which stood on the site. There is a
large inglenook fireplace with chamfered bressumer and deeply
moulded ceiling beams in all rooms. The fine dogleg stair has
ornate knopped newels, splat balusters and narrow moulded
handrail. On the first floor is a fireplace with a triangular
moulded bressumer. The house is surrounded by the Priory
earthworks.

Listing NGR: TF4875278735

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26440317

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)