Description

HURLEY
SU 8284-8384 HIGH STREET
(north side)
17/7 The Refectory
25.3.55
GV II*

Part of Refectory of Benedictine priory, now house. C12. altered C14,
C16, C19 and C20. Flint and rubble with brick dressings and old tile
roof. 2 storeys and attics. North front has one early C14 round-headed
arch (the other 2 are now in the ownership of the adjoining property
the Cloisters). To the right of this the other part of the front is
irregular and has a part-brick infill panel, and C20 casement windows
mostly of 2 and 3 lights. C20 roof lights. C20 entrance door and
casements on west gable. South front has C20 leaded casements and 2
3-light windows on 1st floor and One 3-light window on ground floor.
Interior has fine late mediaeval roof of 6 bays of large arch-braced
collar roof trusses with the braces moulded and chamfered. Embedded
in the wall, and now at 1st floor level, is the reused spandrel of a
later mediaeval fireplace set upside down in the wall with fine rose
carvings. Scheduled Ancient Monument.

V.C.H. Vol. III p.152 B.O.E. (BERKSHIRE) P157

Listing NGR: SU8259084102

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17546987

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Recommended Books

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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover