CLOISTERS INCLUDING WEST WALL OF FORMER CHAPTER HOUSE (?) AT THE GREAT HOSPITAL

CLOISTERS INCLUDING WEST WALL OF FORMER CHAPTER HOUSE (?) AT THE GREAT HOSPITAL, BISHOPGATE

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: I
List Entry Number:: 1280660
Date first listed:: 26-Feb-1954
List Entry Name:: CLOISTERS INCLUDING WEST WALL OF FORMER CHAPTER HOUSE (?) AT THE GREAT HOSPITAL
Statutory Address:: CLOISTERS INCLUDING WEST WALL OF FORMER CHAPTER HOUSE (?) AT THE GREAT HOSPITAL, BISHOPGATE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: I
List Entry Number:: 1280660
Date first listed:: 26-Feb-1954
Date of most recent amendment:: 07-Apr-1986
List Entry Name:: CLOISTERS INCLUDING WEST WALL OF FORMER CHAPTER HOUSE (?) AT THE GREAT HOSPITAL
Statutory Address 1:: CLOISTERS INCLUDING WEST WALL OF FORMER CHAPTER HOUSE (?) AT THE GREAT HOSPITAL, BISHOPGATE

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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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Statutory Address:: CLOISTERS INCLUDING WEST WALL OF FORMER CHAPTER HOUSE (?) AT THE GREAT HOSPITAL, BISHOPGATE

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County:: Norfolk
District:: Norwich (District Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TG 23733 09041

Details

TG 2309 SE BISHOPGATE (north side) 12/72 26.2.54 Cloisters Including west wall of former Chapter House (?) at The Great Hospital. (Formerly listed as The Cloisters at the Great Hospital) GV I Cloisters. Circa 1450. Flint and brick rubble with ashlar dressings; lead roof. Quadrangle adjoining the Church of St. Helen (q.v. 12/71) refectory (q.v.12/73) and former Master's House (q.v.12/74). On the east side, the west wall of the former Chapter House (?) adjoins a C20 single-storey range (not of special architectural interest). Lean-to roof on an arcade of four 3-light flat-headed windows each side, linked by a continuous hood mould. Stone benches. Blocked door at north-east corner; C15 moulded arch on east side blocked in brick, with devices of Prior Molet (1453 - 71) and Bishop Lyhart (1446-70) in spandrels, another door to right and a C20 opening at the south-east corner. Cloister roof has roll - moulded wall plate, spine beam and principal rafters. Scheduled as an Ancient Monument.

Listing NGR: TG2373309041

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Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.