The Residence And Vicars Court And Adjoining Boundary Walls

SOUTHWELL

CHURCH STREET SK7053 1919-0/11/50 (South side) 07/08/52 The Residence and Vicars'Court and adjoining boundary walls

GV II*

Residence house, Vicars' Court and adjoining boundary walls. Residence house 1689, for William Mompesson. Rear wing by William Handley, 1772. Refronted by William Lumby, 1785. Remodelled and extended by Richard Ingleman, 1806. North and south wings demolished 1956. 4 houses forming Vicars' Court possibly by William Lumby, 1779. Brick with stone dressings and slate and plain tile roofs. Windows are mainly glazing bar sashes. The vicars' houses are laid out at the corners of a rectangular courtyard, with the Residence linking them at the east end. Residence west front, Classical Revival style, has plinth, sill band, eaves cornice and balustrade, 2 ridge and single gable stacks. 2 storeys plus basement; 5 window range with projecting pedimented centre. Central Doric doorcase with pediment and half-glazed door, stone steps and scrolled handrail. On either side, 2 windows and a screen wall linked to the vicars' houses. Rear has a projecting central wing with a canted 2 storey bay window at the east end, and a external lozenge-shaped stack to the north. Steps to plain wooden doorcase with overlight in the return angle. Interior has dogleg stair with cut string and stick balusters. Vicars' houses have plinths, chamfered eaves, openings with rubbed brick heads, hipped plain tile roofs and 2 large ridge stacks. Each has glazing bar sashes and 6-panel doors. 2 storeys plus attics; 5 window range with 2 flat roofed dormers on either side. Central door with overlight. Between the southern pair, a mid C19 addition with 2 small sashes and a doorway. Between the northern pair, a coped wall with central doorway and iron gate. West ends, facing Minster churchyard, have each 2 blank windows on each floor. Ashlar boundary wall linking west ends has gabled coping and central gate with obelisk-shaped piers. North sides, facing church Street, have 3 windows on each floor and between the houses a coped wall with a central pedimented gateway. Adjoining boundary wall, to left, has a off centre gateway with rusticated piers and a wrought iron gate. Approx. 60M long. These buildings formed the the residences of the Vicars Choral serving the Minster and the Canon Residentiary during his term of office. (Norman Summers: A Prospect of Southwell: London: 1974-: 57-69).

Listing NGR: SK7025753779