Number 3 And Adjoining Area Wall

LINCOLN

SK9771NE MINSTER YARD 1941-1/9/227 (East side) 08/10/53 No.3 and adjoining area wall

GV II*

House and adjoining area wall and boundary wall. c1715, by John White, incorporating remains of a C17 house and of the medieval Priory gatehouse, with early C19 alterations. Coursed and squared rubble and brick, with early C19 stucco front and plain tile and pantile roofs. Quoins, moulded eaves, 2 rear wall and single ridge stacks. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys plus basement and attics, 5 bays. Front has steps to a central columnated doorcase with hood on brackets, panelled door and fanlight. On either side, 2 glazing bar sashes with cornices. Above, 5 similar sashes. Above again, 3 segment headed dormers with sashes. Basement has, to left, 2 casements, and to right, a plank door. North gable, patched in 1815 when the adjoining gatehouse was demolished, has a brick peak c1715. Adjoining boundary wall, to east, approx. 3m high and 15m long, has pantile coping and incorporates a reset C13 window. Area wall, stucco with stone coping, has 5 panelled piers. INTERIOR: has at the rear an open well staircase rising full height, with square newels, ramped handrail, and 3 vase and stem balusters per tread. Ground floor has a central entrance hall with panelled dado. To left, a panelled room with moulded cornice and fireplace surround. Main ground floor and first floor rooms have moulded cornices, fielded 6-panel doors and mid C19 fireplaces. Outside, at the front, attached dwarf boundary wall, stucco with stone coping, with 5 panelled piers. Attached to the north side, boundary wall, coursed squared stone, approx. 2m high and 15m long. (Buildings of England : Lincolnshire: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire: London: 1989-: 495; Jones S: The Survey of Ancient Houses in Lincoln: Lincoln: 1984-: 32-34; Report and overall assessment of listable quality: Hewlings R: Secular properties..... in Lincoln Minster Close: London: 1987-).

Listing NGR: SK9790671862