Vicars Court is a Grade I listed building in the Lincoln local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1953. Houses. 5 related planning applications.

Vicars Court

WRENN ID
noble-cloister-rye
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Lincoln
Country
England
Date first listed
8 October 1953
Type
Houses
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Vicars' Court, now comprising three houses, served as the former lodgings for the Vicars Choral. The building largely dates to the mid-14th century, with a significant reroofing in around 1670, and further alterations in the 18th century, the mid-19th century, and the 20th century. Constructed from ashlar and dressed stone with ashlar dressings, it has a plain tile roof.

The exterior presents a stepped, chamfered string course and consists of a main range in blocks of four and six bays, with a single-bay addition of the 19th century at the south end. Fenestration is largely 19th century. The northern block features a central 14th-century doorway with a hoodmould and mask stops, flanked to the left by a four-centred arched window also with a hoodmould, and a small pointed arched casement to the right. Two flat-headed mullioned windows with hoodmoulds are also present. Above, two segmental pointed casements are found to the left, and two flat-headed mullioned windows to the right, all with hoodmoulds. Further above, two gabled dormers have been restored.

The southern range includes a central flat-headed doorway with a keystone and a shield above it, along with a glazing bar sash window and a plain sash. A flat-headed window with three pointed arched lights and a moulded doorway are also present, alongside a single gabled buttress. Renewed glazing bar casements occupy the upper level, along with a large gabled dormer to the left and two smaller dormers to the right. The 19th-century addition features two 2-light windows with flat heads, pointed arched lights, and hoodmoulds, and above, a central canted wooden oriel window on a shaped bracket.

The rear elevation exhibits four brick and stone external buttressed stacks, and a garderobe tower with a late 19th-century hipped oversailing top stage. Internally, several original garderobes remain, primarily on the ground floor. A medieval ground floor ceiling is present at the north end, characterized by transverse chamfered beams resting on double corbels. The lobby between houses 2A and 2 preserves its stone side walls. Roofs were renewed in approximately 1670. The building represents a notable early example of collegiate lodgings.

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Nearby listed buildings

  1. 1, Greestone Place Grade II 22 m
  2. 2, Greestone Place Grade II 23 m
  3. Gatehouse and Gateway Tower to Vicars' Court Grade I 26 m
  4. 15, Minster Yard Grade II* 28 m
  5. Outer East Gateway to Bishops Palace Grade I 36 m
  6. Vicars Court and Priests Vicars Houses Grade I 39 m
  7. Vicars Court and Attached Wall to South Grade I 41 m
  8. Cantilupe Chantry South Grade I 46 m
  9. Former Tithe Barn to Vicar's Court Grade II 50 m
  10. Inner East Gateway to Bishops Palace Grade II 54 m