Description

SK 78 SE SOUTH LEVERTON RETFORD ROAD
(north side)

5/87 The Priory
28.2.52
G.V. II

Former priory, now old people's home. C12, restored C19, with a
large C19 addition. Coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and
brick. Pantile and slate roofs. Plain eaves, coped gables with
kneelers. 4 gable, single ridge, rear wall and side wall stacks.
2 storeys, plus attics, 6 bays, L-plan. Priory has in west gable
a C19 double lancet with 4 centred arched heads on each floor.
West front has a C19 double lancet and above, to left, 2 restored
single lancets and to right, 2 C19 double lancets. North side
has to left a stable door; to its right, a casement in chamfered
square reveal; to right again, a C20 casement. Above, a double
and a single restored lancet. South front has to left, C19
double lancet and to right, a similar triple lancet. Above, a
restored double lancet. C19 extension has to south off-centre
porch with coped gable and kneelers, flanked by C19 canted timber
bay windows, that to right 2 storey. Each has 2 plain sashes and
a pair of French windows. Beyond, to right, a mullioned and
transomed casement with hood mould. Above, 2 plain sashes with
segmental heads, and to right, bay window with 3 plain sashes.
East front has a C20 casement and to right, door c.1984. Above,
3 plain sashes. Rear elevation has segmental headed door flanked
by single casements with segmental heads, and beyond, to left, a
plain sash. Above, 6 irregular plain sashes. Interior has front
room in south wing with half height oak panelling and C16
chamfered ashlar fireplace with joggled lintel and above, a re-
set marble ogee window head. Other rooms have mid-C19 marble
fireplace with curved brackets, 2 slate and marble C19
fireplaces, early C19 hob grate, and 2 C18 plank doors.

Listing NGR: SK7819381185

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26528344

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)