Refectory And Part Of Former Master'S House At The Great Hospital

TG 2309 SE BISHOPGATE (north side) 12/73 26.2.54 Refectory and part of former Master's House at The Great Hospital. (Formerly listed as The Refectory and The Master's Lodging at The Great Hospital) GV I Refectory, cross passage and former service wing with Master's accommodation above, now offices. C15 and later flint with brick dressings; pantile roof; red brick end chimney (rebuilt)to right. Hall to right has three 2-light windows with transome and Y tracery. Brickwork and spacing of windows probably indicates position of former side chimney. Projecting C16 porch to cross-passage on left, refronted in C19 brick with diagonal buttresses, has one first-floor window with Y tracery. Small wooden Tudor arch in right side has decorated spandrels; blocked window above. Gable-fronted cross-wing, also refronted in C19 brick and rendered above, has 2-light ground-floor window and a 3-light first-floor window with intersecting tracery, both with leaded lights. Rear elevation facing cloister (q.v.) has two 3-light perpendicular windows flanked by small C19 windows with Y tracery. Interior of refectory has large chimney-breast adjoining north aisle of infirmary hall; gallery over cross-passage, crown-post roof with dragons in spandrels of arch braces under tie beam, porch has roll-moulded ceiling beams and cross passage has three 4-centred arches (one blocked) with drip moulds to former services. Moulded and stopped door-cask to Master's office.

Listing NGR: TG2371109035