Description

ARTHINGTON ARTHINGTON LANE
SE 24 NE
LS21 (north side)
2/89 The Nunnery (Formerly
6th February 1952 listed as "Arthington
Nunnery")
GV II*

House, incorporating some fabric of former nunnery. Dated 1585 in spandrel
of door; altered and restored. Coursed squared sandstone with quoins, stone
slate roof. T-plan formed by 3-unit front range with continuous outshut and
short rear wing. Three storeys; main chimney stack at junction of 1st and
2nd bays, and slightly to the left of this a moulded Tudor-arched outer
doorway with shields in the spandrels inscribed:
" T : B " (left) and " I : B " (right);
1585
above this doorway a shallow canted oriel rising through 2 storeys, with
recessed mullioned windows of 1 + 3 + 1 lights on each level; to the left,
similar mullioned windows of 5 lights on each floor; to the right king-
mull ion windows of 5 + 5 and 4 + 4 lights on each floor, and in addition a
small light on each upper floor in line with the chimney stack (stair
windows: see below). Large chimney stack on ridge with 2 diagonal flues,
another diagonal chimney to an external stack at the right hand gable; gable
copings, with apex finial on left gable. The left return wall has a 5-light
window on each floor of the main range, a 2-and a 3-light window to the
outshut, and a single-light window near the apex. The right-hand wall has
2-light windows on each floor forward of the external chimney stack, and to
the rear 5, 3 and 1-light windows. Rear mostly altered.

Interior: massive round-headed doorways at the front and rear of the 1st bay
in line with the front door, indicating former through-passage; similar
archway through rear of stack between 1st and 2nd units; in centre room, a
very large Tudor-arched fireplace with chamfered surround (this room formerly
single-storey, now open to 1st storey, and gallery inserted); at 1st floor
level of this part, a Tudor-arched chamber fireplace, and close to the front
wall an altered doorway opening onto a spiral stone staircase which rises to
the 2nd floor, and formerly higher (probably remains of tower of nunnery);
moulded plaster ceiling decoration in parlour in 3rd room at ground floor; in
rear wall at 2nd floor, 2 Tudor-arched doorways (one blocked) which appear to
have been formerly external.

Listing NGR: SE2887845151

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Arthington Priory at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4797612

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)