The Priory
THE PRIORY, 8, LICHFIELD STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1219144
- Date first listed:
- 09-Mar-1949
- List Entry Name:
- The Priory
- Statutory Address:
- THE PRIORY, 8, LICHFIELD STREET
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2001-06-22
- Reference:
- IOE01/03134/34
- Rights:
- © Mr Brian Peach. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1219144
- Date first listed:
- 09-Mar-1949
- List Entry Name:
- The Priory
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE PRIORY, 8, LICHFIELD STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE PRIORY, 8, LICHFIELD STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Stafford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Stone
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 90401 33778
Details
STONE
SJ9033 LICHFIELD STREET, Stone 651-1/7/39 (North side) 09/03/49 No.8 The Priory
GV II*
House. Early to mid C18 with early C19 alterations and additions incorporating C13 or C14 undercroft. Stuccoed brick with timber-framed internal walls; hipped roof. L-plan: C19 addition to front right. 3 storeys; 3-window range. Central round-headed entrance has steps with parapets ending in panelled piers, Doric colums to porch and paired panelled doors. Windows have 4-pane horned sashes; canted bay window and tripartite window to ground floor; smaller windows to 2nd floor. Return lateral stacks; left return has brick stair to 1st floor; segmental-headed windows to rear. INTERIOR has some exposed coursed squared stone to outer walls and square-framed internal walls with C18 brick infill; C19 open-well stair with column-on-vase balusters, and remains of earlier stair, moulded handrails and square newels, to 1st floor; former right return has exposed C18 flemish bond brick and ashlar wedge lintels with keys to former windows. Cellar has 2 bays and 2 half-bays of medieval rib-vaulted undercroft: single-chamfered ribs on corbels, octagonal pier now set in later masonry and signs of blocked openings; cellar to rear has chamfered beams and joists and large fireplace with cambered lintel; cellar beneath C19 addition reveals stone plinth and base of wall. House built on the site of the Augustinian Priory of SS Mary and Wulfad, founded c1125. (Victoria History of Staffordshire: 1970-: 240FF).
Listing NGR: SJ9040133778
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 386009
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 11-Jul-2026 at 06:42:06.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.