The Priory
THE PRIORY, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1369092
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jul-1963
- List Entry Name:
- The Priory
- Statutory Address:
- THE PRIORY, HIGH STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1369092
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jul-1963
- List Entry Name:
- The Priory
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE PRIORY, HIGH 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, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Dorchester
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 57852 94234
Details
DORCHESTER HIGH STREET SU5794 (East side) 5/54 The Priory 18/07/63
GV II
House. Probably C17, remodelled early C18. Brick with some timber framing; old plain-tile roofs with brick stacks. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys plus attics. 4-window front, with storey band and moulded brick dentil cornice, has 12-pane sashes under gauged-brick keystone flat arches, converted from segmental arches; ground-floor windows have panelled shutters, and doorway, to left of centre, has a 4-panel door, architrave and flat canopy on shaped brackets. Window to left of door is a later restoration. High parapet has 2 blocked openings. Right end wall retains a segmental arch over a blind window. Rear part of side wall is a different build, and has very fine brickwork with plinth, storey band, moulded cornice, rubbed and gauged flat keystone arches, and dressings in bright red brick with purple walling. End wall has pairs of sashes at ground and first floors, and the one-bay return to rear has a further sash and a narrow blind panel. Gable end of timber-framed core is visible to rear. Roof is complex and has dormers behind parapets. C18 brick wing of 3 bays projects to rear, with leaded casements of 2 and 3 lights under segmental arches and a timber-framed rear wall. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: SU5785294234
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 248083
- 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.
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