Priory Cottage
Priory Cottage.
Priory Cottage is a stone built 17th century cottage with stone slate roof and attached barn. There are three original mullioned windows remaining and the original 17th century doorway at the front. The pantry has a stone slab and bleeding hole with ceiling hooks for hanging bacon. In the front garden there is a seat made of a piece of natural limestone supported by an old arched mullion
Joan Hassall OBE, the famous wood engraver, lived here. She designed the invitations for the Coronation of our present Queen. The house and barn were re-roofed in 1945 by Maurice Blades as were many other houses in the village about the same time. Note the blue slate tiles near the ridge above the original Yorkshire slates. This was brought about due to wartime shortages of building materials. At the same time Maurice also installed a half round red brick fireplace that had a Rayburn coke burning stove. It is thought that the present owners had this removed in 1998/99 and an older fireplace is thought to have been uncovered. The property was altered in 1990 to include part of the barn into the house. This was the last conversion completed by Maurice Blades who died suddenly, shortly afterwards. Further alterations were undertaken in 1990 and the rest of the barn is now incorporated into the house
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