Remains Of The Church Of The Greyfriars

GREAT YARMOUTH

TG5207SW ROW 92 839-1/15/159 (North West side) 27/06/53 Remains of the Church of the Greyfriars (Formerly Listed as: ROW NO 92, The Rows Greyfriars Remains)

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Ruins of the monastic church of the Franciscans comprising the west range of the cloisters and fragments of the south wall of the church. Founded c1226, enlarged 1285 and 1290, dissolved 1538. Present fragments of cloister early C14. Brick with ashlar dressings and some flint. 4 bays of the west walk of the cloister remain of which 2 have full vaulting: quadripartite rib vaults with longitudinal and transverse ribs and subsidiary tierceron ribs, all meeting at head bosses. The ribs drop to triple clustered colonnettes with mushroom capitals. The cloister internal windows are arched and separated by stepped side buttresses. 3 doorways opened from the cloister to the west: north one blocked and robbed, the middle one has a double wave-moulded arch (i.e. an addition of post 1320-30), the south one has a hollow chamfered arch. Abutting the west of the cloister are fragments of a 2-storey apartment with the remains of the springers of brick tierceron vaults at the upper level. West of this are remains of a house added after 1538. The south wall of the church has a prominent C16 fireplace to the first floor with an ashlar surround, and west of this is a 2 plus 4-light mullioned window with an acanthus console to the king mullion looking into a small yard to its west. In the church south wall a door leads to an excavated room containing 2 cusped and sub-cusped mid C14 wall tombs with ogee heads and remains of painting: standing and kneeling female figures under painted tracery. A third tomb was set to the east. Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Listing NGR: TG5240307330