Lord Nelson

The Lord Nelson is a public house and office located on the north side of Flemingate in Beverley. It likely dates from the late 17th century and incorporates a range from the late 15th to 16th century, which forms part of No 15. The building has undergone 19th-century alterations, including a new front. No 15 features timber framing, with the ground floor on the east side built in orange brick using English bond, while the gable ends are also brick. No 13 is entirely brick with no visible timber framing and has a rendered street front. The roof is covered with Welsh slate on the street range and the rear of No 13, while No 15 has pantiles.

The structure is two storeys high and U-shaped, with a range of four bays on timber framing (No 15) positioned at right angles to the street. The street front has three bays, featuring two central doors and 19th-century sash windows. The east return of No 15 includes a door and casement windows from around 1985, along with an external stack on the left side. The middle rail, wall posts, studding, and wall plate are exposed. There is also a further external stack at the rear gable end, and the roof is hipped on the left.

Inside No 15, there is a dog-leg staircase with a closed bolection-moulded string, square newels, column-on-vase balusters, and a moulded handrail. A small section of a similar staircase can be found in No 13. Parts of the timber frame are visible, including a chamfered jowled hall post with arch braces and a large cambered chamfered tie beam featuring a Tudor rose boss at the center. This supports an unmoulded crown post with longitudinal arch braces and transverse down braces. Three trusses remain, one of which has been altered, along with a wall plate that has an edge-halved scarf and a studded partition wall.