Diocesan Registry Including Part Of Precinct Wall To Boley Hill

The Diocesan Registry, which includes part of the precinct wall to Boley Hill, is a former office of the Chapter Clerk that now serves as the Diocesan Registry and solicitors' offices. It dates from the mid-18th century, with various 19th-century additions. The building consists of two main sections: the 18th-century registry building made of buff brick, and a later red-brick section, both covered with a Welsh slate roof. There is also a two-storey block from the 19th century that backs onto Boley Hill, which is built into the medieval rubble wall and features slate-hung and rubble upper storeys with a hipped roof made of Kent tiles.

The Old Registry range, which faces The Precinct, is a single-storey structure with a deep cornice and verges that create a pediment. It has weatherboarding and one three-light casement window from the 20th century. The central entrance is flanked by Tuscan columns, a cornice, and a pediment, with a 12-pane hornless sash window and external shutters on either side. To the left, there is a later single-storey, three-window range that includes two 12-pane hornless sash windows in raised frames, alongside a tripartite sash window with a 4:12:4 configuration. At the roof ridge of this section, there is a small polygonal glazed cupola, and a modern Venetian window is located on the right-hand end wall.

The rear range features an off-centre oriel window with a 3:18:3 pane configuration and a gable above, along with 20th-century casement windows facing Boley Hill. There are various lean-to and gable-ended outbuildings integrated into the precinct wall, and several prominent brick stacks are present on both the main and subsidiary ranges. Inside, some mid-18th-century panelling remains, but much of the interior has been altered. A lawyer's office has occupied this site since the 1760s, and it is possible that part of the building dates back to that time.