Graveley Place And Adjoining Garden Wall

LINCOLN

SK9771NE MINSTER YARD 1941-1/9/234 (East side) 08/10/53 No.12 Graveley Place and adjoining garden wall

GV II*

House and adjoining garden wall. Early C14, late C17 and late C19. Coursed and squared rubble and brick, with stone dressings and plain tile roof. External front wall stone stack with 2 square brick flues set diagonally, and cruciform brick ridge stack. Plinth and quoins. 2 storeys plus attics, 3 bays. L-plan. C19 fenestration. Front has a slightly off-centre moulded wood doorcase with cornice and part-glazed 6-panel door, set in a former carriage entrance with a wooden lintel and two C14 mask corbels. To its left, a blocked doorway, C14. Beyond, on either side, a stone mullioned window, 3 lights. Above, two cusped stone mullioned windows, 3 lights, and to right, a similar window, 2 lights. Above again, 2 gabled dormers with 2-light casements. INTERIOR has dogleg stair with square newels and stick balusters, with a winder stair on the second floor. Double purlin principal rafter roof with wind braces. Outside, at the rear, north garden wall, c1300, formerly part of the north range. Coursed squared stone with pantile coping. Approx. 2m high and 15m long. The building is named after John Graveley, who lived there 1466-1473. (Buildings of England : Lincolnshire: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire: London: 1989-: 492; Jones S: The Survey of Ancient Houses in Lincoln: Lincoln: 1984-: 66-73).

Listing NGR: SK9796771777