Description

WYMONDHAM

TG1001 MIDDLETON STREET
655-1/8/129 (South West side)
29/12/50 Nos.13-19 (Odd)
Priory House
(Formerly Listed as:
MIDDLETON STREET
(South West side)
Nos.13-17 (Odd)
The Priory)

GV II*

House, now divided. c1670, extensively remodelled c1710, by
addition of rear range and alteration of fenestration. Brick,
whitewashed to front. Roof of black glazed pantiles. Main
block of 2 storeys in 5 bays. Central panelled door in
rusticated doorcase with side lights. Keystones and pediment.
Ground floor lit through early C18 sashes with glazing bars
and gauged skewback arches. Moulded platband at first floor.
Upper windows are cross casements with leaded lights. Gabled
roof with re-built internal gable-end stacks. The east gable
formerly shaped: shaping remains on rear slope only. C18
two-storey extension abuts to east, also whitewashed brick. 3
bays. Three 2-light cross casements to ground floor, renewed,
and one to first floor. Gabled roof with early C18 kneeler to
west gable head. Rear elevation dominated by a 3-storey, 2 bay
hipped block right of centre lit through sashes with glazing
bars in exposed boxes. 3-bay block to west with various sashes
and a French window.
INTERIOR. Entrance hall leads to staircase hall via a round
arch supported on fluted pilasters. Staircase hall is addition
to original front range. Open string staircase with 3 twisted
balusters on turned bases to each tread. Moulded wreathed
handrail and panelled dado. First floor landing has second,
4-centred, arch leading to former drawing room. First-floor
windows have ovolo moulded interior jambs. First floor east
room with 3 bridging beams elaborated with sunk quadrant
mouldings and jewel stops. Plain shouldered chimneypiece.
Ground floor east room entered from entrance hall through
panelled door with shouldered surround. Large-frame panelling
and fluted pilasters each side of blocked fireplace.

Listing NGR: TG1083901644

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17532654

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)