Number 3 and Adjoining Area Wall

Details

LINCOLN

SK9771NE MINSTER YARD
1941-1/9/227 (East side)
08/10/53 No.3
and adjoining area wall

GV II*

House and adjoining area wall and boundary wall. c1715, by
John White, incorporating remains of a C17 house and of the
medieval Priory gatehouse, with early C19 alterations. Coursed
and squared rubble and brick, with early C19 stucco front and
plain tile and pantile roofs. Quoins, moulded eaves, 2 rear
wall and single ridge stacks.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys plus basement and attics, 5 bays. Front
has steps to a central columnated doorcase with hood on
brackets, panelled door and fanlight. On either side, 2
glazing bar sashes with cornices. Above, 5 similar sashes.
Above again, 3 segment headed dormers with sashes. Basement
has, to left, 2 casements, and to right, a plank door. North
gable, patched in 1815 when the adjoining gatehouse was
demolished, has a brick peak c1715. Adjoining boundary wall,
to east, approx. 3m high and 15m long, has pantile coping and
incorporates a reset C13 window. Area wall, stucco with stone
coping, has 5 panelled piers.
INTERIOR: has at the rear an open well staircase rising full
height, with square newels, ramped handrail, and 3 vase and
stem balusters per tread. Ground floor has a central entrance
hall with panelled dado. To left, a panelled room with moulded
cornice and fireplace surround. Main ground floor and first
floor rooms have moulded cornices, fielded 6-panel doors and
mid C19 fireplaces.
Outside, at the front, attached dwarf boundary wall, stucco
with stone coping, with 5 panelled piers. Attached to the
north side, boundary wall, coursed squared stone, approx. 2m
high and 15m long.
(Buildings of England : Lincolnshire: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire:
London: 1989-: 495; Jones S: The Survey of Ancient Houses in
Lincoln: Lincoln: 1984-: 32-34; Report and overall assessment
of listable quality: Hewlings R: Secular properties..... in
Lincoln Minster Close: London: 1987-).


Listing NGR: SK9790671862

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:

486112

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LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Harris, J, Antram, N, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, (1989), 495
Hewlings, R, Secular properties in Lincoln Minster Close, (1987)
Jones, , Major, , Varley, , The Survey of Ancient Houses in Lincoln (1st fascicule), (1984), 32-34

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