Numbers 13 And 14 And Attached Low Wall, Gate Piers And Overthrow

Numbers 13 and 14, along with an attached low wall, gate piers, and overthrow, are a house and associated structures, likely dating from around 1527. The building was significantly refronted in the early to mid-18th century, with a later wing added between 1772 and 1800, and an early 19th century entrance hall to Number 14. The construction is primarily brick with ashlar dressings, incorporating some internal timber framing. The roof is tiled, with hips to the bays, and features brick stacks.

The building presents a symmetrical facade with a 7-window range. Full-height canted bays feature three windows on each floor. A sill band runs along the façade, topped by a cornice and a stone-coped brick parapet. The main entrance is framed by pilasters with fluted capitals, an entablature with modillioned cornices, and a six-fielded-panel door with glazed upper panels. Windows are generally 12-pane sashes on the left, with 4-pane sashes on the right of the ground floor; the first floor has 12-pane sashes throughout. A cross-axial stack is located at the rear. Decorative features include an 18th-century rainwater head and a fire mark shaped like a sun.

The later wing has a canted front with a cornice, and returns featuring modillioned brick cornices. The front of the wing has 4-pane sashes within rubbed brick flat arches, while the left return has 12-pane sashes to each floor. The right return of the wing incorporates an entrance with an architrave and consoled pediment leading to a six-panel door, as well as segmental-headed windows, including a late 19th-century bay window and a sash window with thick glazing bars. The rear of the building now has three gables and 20th-century additions.

Internally, Number 13 retains remnants of the 16th-century structure, including a hall bay with cambered tie beams, queen strut trusses, a pitched ceiling, a spine beam with closely-spaced joists, and framing within the cross wing. Number 14 has vaulted brick cellars, some with groin vaulting, one containing brick bins and a stone bowl, another retaining copper pots. A staircase has a cut string, stick balusters, a turned newel, and a ramped handrail. A round-headed doorway leads to a lobby with a husk-moulded groined vault. The front room features a dentilled cornice and a fireplace with Ionic pilasters and fluting. The attic has exposed purlins and the roof above the front incorporates king post trusses with double raking struts.

An attached low stone-coped brick wall extends across the frontage to the right of Number 13, incorporating ashlar gate piers and an iron overthrow with a lantern. Number 13 was a separate house from around 1826 and has been used as the Dean Savage Library since 1924 and the Dean and Chapter office since 1975.