Beam Hall, With Number 3

MERTON STREET 1. 1485 (North Side) Beam Hall, with No 3 (Formerly listed as Beam Hall) SP 5106 SE 9/465 12.1.54. II* GV 2. RCHM 79. Built in 2 sections, that on the East being built as a Hall, in C15 and that on the West about 1600; the -latter was altered in Cl8 and in 1885. The East range. The south front is recessed from the West range by about 3 ft and is of lower height. 2-storeyed pilastered rubble with cellars and a stone slate roof in which 3 Cl7 gabled attic dormers, the two on the East being larger than that on the West; the East one has moulded barge-boards and in the West is a 3-light casement window in a modern stone frame. In the ground floor are 2 original 2-light stone caveto-moulded mullioned windows with square heads, and 1 small window in a moulded stone frame. At the west end in the 1st floor, which was inserted probably about 1600, is a 3-light stone mullioned window in a moulded frame. The West range is of 2 storeys with cellars and 4 gables in which are attics. The front was restored in 1885 by sir T G Jackson and is now cement-faced with imitation masonry joints. There is a continuous moulded string over the ground and 1st floors and a moulded cornice below the gables. The ground floor has 2 3-light stone mullioned windows and 2 similar but larger windows with sashes, all with square moulded labels. In the lst floor are 1 3-light and 2 2-light stone mullioned windows with a projecting bay of 3 lights with sashes. The 4 windows in the 4 gables have 3-light casements. There is a moulded flat wooden bracketed hood to the doorway. On the East is a stone-based stack with a modern brick shaft and the roof is of modern tiles. Interior. RCHM p 166 b. Includes in the East block the original roof timbers, and early Cl7 staircase, a C17 fireplace and some C16-17 panelling. For drawing of exterior by J C Buckler in 182l, see MS Bodl Don A 3 1 52. Major alterations 1964.

Beam Hall and Nos 3, 4A and 5 from a group with New Block, Corpus Christ College and Oriel College.

Listing NGR: SP5169806120