Description

TF 34 SE
12/81
19.11.51

FREISTON
CHURCH END ROAD
The Priory
(formerly listed as Vicarage)

G.V.
II*

Former vicarage, now house. Built on the site of Frieston Priory
and possibly incorporating some earlier stonework. Late C16, C17
with early C18 and early C19 alterations. Red brick in English
and Flemish bonds with ashlar quoins and band. Plain and clay
tiled roof with brick coped tumbled gables and kneelers. 2 gable
and single ridge stacks with moulded plinth and pairs of
diagonally set brick shafts. The rear range has 2 external wall
stacks with diagonally set shafts and knopped gable, with moulded
ashlar kneeler. Parallel ranges plan, the rear range is C16, the
front range a C17 addition refronted c.1720. 2 storey plus
garret, 7 bay front, with central 6 panel door with overlight,
panelled reveals, fluted pilasters and frieze to pedimented
doorcase, flanked by 3 glazing bar sashes, with rubbed brick
splayed arches. To first floor 7 similar windows. The gable
walls have plinths and circular lights to the garret. Interior.
Retains late C16 dogleg staircase with large balusters, moulded
eandrail, knopped newel, pulvinated frieze to closed string.
Beneath the stairs a small cellar with stone walls, possibly a
remnant of the Priory. In the rear range on ground and first
floors are deeply moulded beams each bearing different
elaborately moulded stops. The front range has early C18
panelling in part, mantle shelves and shutters. Clasped purl in
roofs. The property was held by the King following the
Dissolution of the Monasteries. It was disposed of between 1714
and 1729 to the Dryden family, which may date the re-fronting.
Source: Thompson, History of Boston.

Listing NGR: TF3775143702

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17542869

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey