Cromwells House Cromwell'S House

MERCER ROW 1. 1348 (North Side) 2.11.54. No 1 (Cromwell's House) - No 1A TF 38 NW 1/30 II* GV 2. With No 27 Upgate. Late mediaeval 3-storey timber-framed house with jettied 1st and 2nd floors front and back. Steep pitched modern tiled roof, central multiple flue chimney stack. 1st floor is plaster covered and the central section projects in line with the 2nd floor, which is covered in roughcast. Ground floor has 2 shop fronts, the one to the right retains the form only of a late C18 bow, With modern glazing. Left-hand shop window is C19. Top floor has 3 windows, moulded architraves, one to right has glazing bars. Moulded wood eaves cornice. On 1st floor, 2 3-light canted oriels, one to right with glazing bars. Centre projects with one window in moulded architrave. There is a passageway through the centre of the ground floor, and at one of the arches in this there is some early moulded brick, viz 3 large sections purpose moulded. NMR. Graded for its rarity in Louth, and for its relation with the church. Nos 1 & 1A form a group with Nos 23 and 25 Upgate.

Listing NGR: TF3274487317