Cathedral School Boarding House

CATHEDRAL SCHOOL BOARDING HOUSE, 18, JAMES STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1388613
Date first listed:
08-Oct-1953
Statutory Address:
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL BOARDING HOUSE, 18, JAMES STREET
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1388613
Date first listed:
08-Oct-1953
Date of most recent amendment:
20-Dec-1999
Statutory Address 1:
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL BOARDING HOUSE, 18, JAMES STREET

Location

Statutory Address:
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL BOARDING HOUSE, 18, JAMES STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Lincolnshire
District:
Lincoln (District Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
SK 97766 71976

Details

LINCOLN

SK9771NE JAMES STREET
1941-1/9/188 (East side)
08/10/53 No.18
Cathedral School Boarding House
(Formerly Listed as:
JAMES STREET
(East side)
No.8
Cathedral school boarding house)

GV II

Formerly known as: Greystones JAMES STREET.
House, formerly part of a larger complex including Nos 12 and
13 Eastgate, qv, now a school boarding house. C13 and C17,
with C18 and C19 alterations. Restored c1980. Coursed rubble
and brick, with plain tile roofs with 2 gable and 2 ridge
stacks. 2 storeys plus attics, 6 bays. L-plan. West front, to
James Street, has to left a panelled door in a moulded
surround with hood on brackets. To its right, two 3-light
casements with wooden lintels. Above, a sliding sash, and to
its right, 4 early C20 casements. To right again, a restored
timber framed gatehouse with rendered nogging. Plain opening,
and above it, a 3-light casement. Rear wing, 6 bays, has to
south an off-centre chamfered arched doorway and above it, a
C13 pointed arched doorway, now a window. To the left, a C18
door and beyond, a C17 window with wooden mullions, then a
cross casement. Above them, similar windows. To the right, 2
bays with late C20 fenestration.
INTERIOR: rear wing has C13 strutted crown post roof with
spine beam and collars. North wall has a medieval fireplace
hood on brackets, with joggled lintel. To its left, a single
blocked lancet.
(Buildings of England : Lincolnshire: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire:
London: 1989-: 514; The Survey of Ancient Houses in Lincoln:
Jones S: Lincoln: 1990-: 105-118).



Listing NGR: SK9776671976

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486058
Legacy System:
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Sources

Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Harris, J, Antram, N, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, (1989), 514
Jones, S, The Survey of Ancient Houses in Lincoln, (1990), 105-118

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