Description

TM 47 NE BLYTHBURGH PRIORY ROAD

2/18 The Priory 25.10.51

GV II

House. C17 nucleus, considerably altered and extended in several stages in late C19/early C20 by the artist and antiquarian John Seymour Lucas RA. Timber framed, brick extension to east, the whole plastered or roughcast rendered; pantiled roof. 2 storeys and attic. Windows late C19/early C20 casements with square leaded panes; asymmetrical entrance porch with overhanging first floor, 4-centre arch to doorway, boarded door with cover fillets; one ground floor oriel window, 2 2-storey splayed bays, each surmounted by a gabled dormer; one dormer window and one half dormer. Original stack to west; 2 late C19/early C20 stacks with tall flues set diagonally. Attached to the west is an annexe which is largely a reconstruction of a medieval chapel associated with the Augustinian Priory, although parts of the walling to the west and north appear to be original ; the remains were formerly incorporated into a cottage. Random flint and stone, red brick dressings, pantiled roof. 2 bays, brick windows with pointed arches, Y tracery and hoodmoulds; corbelled brickwork to eaves, stepped brickwork to west gable, gable end stack. One room of the interior of the house has C16 beams and panelling from a house at Saffron Walden, Essex; 2 ornamental overmantels were also added in the restoration.

Listing NGR: TM4519675336

External Links

• Wikidata Q26657677

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)