6, 9 And 10 Bethel Street / 6, 9 And 10 Ninham's Court

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

TG 2208 NE NINHAM'S COURT (off Bethel Street) 15/586 Nos 6 & 9 & 10 (sic) 5.6.72. (formerly listed under Bethel Street) - II* House(s) later 4, now 2. C15 undercroft, C16(?), C17 with later altera- tions and C19, restoration. Painted flint rubble with brick dressings, part-rendered; pantile roof; brick chimneys. L - plan. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. C19 ribbed and studded door with 4-centred head in brick porch toright; 3 other C19 doors. Windows are mostly 2 or 3- light mullioned and transomed casements with leaded lights and some gale green glass. Early C18 sash window with thick glazing bars on ground floor of No. 9; traces of earlier window dressings on first floor. 3 large gables each with a casement window. Projecting wing to right No. 6 has 7 and 8 light ovolo mullioned windows on ground and first floor under tile hung gable with 3-light casement, its cill on 3 carved consoles. Elaborately carved bargeboards, probably C19. Similar 6 and 8-light windows on the left side of this wing. Undercroft beneath No. 6: Brick. Complex 3-bay L-shaped plan. Idiosyncratic cross-ribbing in the 2 north/south bays allowing for entrances and openings. Original entrance in the north-east corner of the south bay and side chamber on the west side. The east bay has diagonal ribs with additional cross-ribs. Interior of No. 10 has moulded ceiling beams and newel stair. Grade II* because of undercroft which forms part of an important group within the City Walls.

Listing NGR: TG2259408528

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/1969 IOE Records taken by Christopher Sullivan; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Mr Christopher Sullivan. Source: Historic England Archive

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