North Muskham Prebend And Attached Boundary Wall And Kirkland House

SOUTHWELL

CHURCH STREET SK7053 1919-0/11/27 (North East side) 11/08/61 No.23 North Muskham Prebend and attached boundary wall and Kirkland House

GV II

Includes: Kirkland House CHURCH STREET. Former prebendal house of North Muskham, now solicitors' offices, attached boundary wall, and rear wing, now house. Built c1810 for the Falkner family, probably incorporating part of a house of c1700 in the rear wing. Brick with slate roof and stone dressings. 2 storeys, 5 window range, L-plan. Chamfered eaves, coped gables, 2 gable and single ridge stacks. Single gable and 2 ridge stacks on rear wing. Windows are glazing bar sashes with brick flat arches. Half round window in pediment. Gabled Gothick porch with fluted iron columns, moulded eared doorcase with pediment and overlight. On either side, 2 sashes. Interior has an open well stair with moulded handrail and vase and stem balusters. Hallway and ground floor rooms have moulded cornices and 6-panel doors. Rear wing, now Kirkland House, has to right an early C18 range, raised late C18. 2 storeys plus attics, single window range, the windows offset to the left. Single segment headed glazing bar sash and above, a box dormer with a similar flat headed sash. Below, a larger glazing bar sash with wooden lintel and to its right a fielded panelled door. To left, a taller early C19 range, 3 storeys, 2 windows, with segment headed openings and glazing bar sashes. To the right, a 6-panel door flanked by single small sashes. Outside, brick boundary wall with stone coping, wrought iron skeleton posts and spearhead gate. This building is one of the 9 remaining prebendal houses formerly attached to Southwell Minster. (Norman Summers: A Prospect of Southwell: London: 1974-: 76).

Listing NGR: SK7022253890