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MARRICK MARRICK PRIORY
SE 09 NE
17/67 Marrick Priory
Farmhouse (Formerly listed
7.12.66 as Marrick Abbey (two
occupations)
GV II*
Farmhouse, now 2 dwellings. C16 or earlier, with later alterations.
Roughcast rubble, stone slate roof. 2 storeys, C16 main range, with
L-shaped cross wing. Main range: 3 bays, central bay projecting, rear
outshut. To left: early C19 4-panel door under fanlight with decorative
glazing bars in C16 segmental-arched, roll-moulded doorway with
keystone. C20 casement to central bay and sash to right. First floor:
4-pane sashes to left and right, blind panel to central bay. Ashlar
copings. End stack to right. Cross-wing to left has large projecting
chimneybreast to front. Rear: main range has sash with glazing bars to
right on first floor. Cross-wing has, to left, a C16 round-headed
doorway with chamfered surround and a blocked C16 single-light window to
its right; on the first floor a blocked C16 single-light window.
Kneelers, copings. Interior: in the ground floor room of the main
range, across the full length of the right end, is a C16 classical
entablature in ashlar sandstone, consisting of cornice, fluted frieze
and architrave, broken forward as if above 4 pilasters, the first
3 having sculpted masks, probably added. A chamfered round-arched
doorway, now blocked, connected the main range to the cross-wing in the
front corner. Harrison B. and Hutton B., Vernacular Houses in North
Yorkshire and Cleveland, 1984, p 22; 'NYCVBSC Report', No 41, includes
photocopy of C16 map showing main range described as 'The Hall' of the
nunnery.
Listing NGR: SE0668697759
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Sources
Books and journals Harrison, B, Hutton, B, Vernacular Houses in North Yorkshire and Cleveland, (1984), 22
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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