21, Minster Yard

LINCOLN

SK9771NE MINSTER YARD 1941-1/9/257 (West side) 08/10/53 No.21

GV II*

House. Early C18, altered early C19, divided mid C19. Brick with stone and stucco dressings and plain tile roof with single gable and ridge stacks. EXTERIOR: chamfered plinth, rendered angle pilasters, first floor and eaves bands, coped parapet and gable. 2 storeys plus attics, 4 bays. Windows have brick flat arches with keystones. Off-centre moulded wooden doorcase with 6-panel door and overlight, flanked to left by a single glazing bar sash and to right by 2 similar sashes. Above, 4 similar sashes. Above again, 3 segment headed dormers with 2-light casements. INTERIOR has central entrance hall with fielded panelled wainscot. Mid C18 dogleg stair, 4 flights, with cut string, turned newels, ramped and scrolled handrail, and 3 vase and stem balusters per tread. Service stair with turned newel and stick balusters. 3 rooms with fielded 6-panel doors, and 3 with similar 2-panel doors. Ground floor right room has full height panelling, C18, with moulded cornice and overmantel. Corresponding first floor room has moulded cornice and 2 walls with full height C18 panelling. Both rooms have painted slate fireplaces, C19. (Buildings of England : Lincolnshire: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire: London: 1989-: 495; Jones S: The Survey of Ancient Houses in Lincoln: Lincoln: 1987-: 104-107; Report and overall assessment of listable quality: Hewlings R: Secular properties..... in Lincoln Minster Close: London: 1987-).

Listing NGR: SK9770071840