7 And 8, Minster Yard

LINCOLN

SK9771NE MINSTER YARD 1941-1/9/230 (East side) 08/10/53 Nos.7 AND 8

GV II*

House, now 2 houses. C16, refronted c1665, altered 1836. Stone with brick front, stone dressings and plain tile roof with single gable and 2 rear wall stacks. Plinth, chamfered quoins, first and second floor bands, modillion wooden eaves. 3 storeys plus attics, 7 bays. Ground floor and first floor windows have rubbed brick heads with keystones, some of them altered. Front has 3 glazing bar sashes in the centre, flanked to left by 2 part-glazed panelled doors, that to the left being recessed, and to right by a similar door. Beyond, to left, a glazing bar sash, and to right, a C19 window with wooden mullions and transoms. Above, 2 floors with ranges of 7 glazing bar sashes. Above again, 4 segment headed dormers with glazing bar casements. INTERIOR: No.8 has an oak staircase c1665, with square newels, ball finials, moulded handrail, and vase-shaped turned balusters. No.7 has a mid C19 stair with winders and stick balusters. Main rooms in both parts have mid C19 fireplaces, shutters and 6-panel doors. (Buildings of England : Lincolnshire: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire: London: 1989-: 494; Jones S: The Survey of Ancient Houses in Lincoln: Lincoln: 1984-: 41-43; Report and overall assessment of listable quality: Hewlings R: Secular properties..... in Lincoln Minster Close: London: 1987-).

Listing NGR: SK9792771827