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Ely Porta
TL 5479 2/5 25.9.50.
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Ely Porta was begun in 1397 and was completed by Prior Poucher (140l-18).
It comprises a large, rectangular, 5 storey block of rag-stone with Weldon
(or similar) stone dressings. 4 square, castellated, corner turrets are
carried above the parapet level. On the north and south ends there is
the original castellated parapet and on the east and west fronts there
is a later plain brick parapet. A large central carriage way rises through
2 storeys with a wide single 4-centred arch on the east front and 2 4-centred
arches on the west front one for carriages and the other, smaller, for
pedestrians. The vaulting on the inside is incomplete. The windows on
the east and west fronts are similar in design. On each front, above the
carriageway, on the 2nd storey there is a pointed arched, 3-light, window
with curvilinear tracery lighting what was the Bishop's court room. The
flanking ranges of windows are 2-light with cusped arched heads and square
hood moulds, except on the ground storey on the north end of the west front
which has a small single light window lighting what was the Bishop's prison
and, according to prison reports, was in use as such up to the end of the
Cl7 when the prison was moved to Lynn Road, The 2nd storey on the west
front has 4 canopied niches. String courses run between the storeys and
beneath the parapet. Roof tiled, hipped, a later replacement of the original
flat leaded roof.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number:
48703
Legacy System:
LBS
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