The South Canonry, now Bishop's House

The South Canonry, now known as Bishop's House, is an earlier canonical house located in The Close. The building suffered significant damage during the Civil War and was rebuilt around 1665, with major alterations occurring in 1778, the early 19th century, and 1889. It is a two-storey structure made of red brick on a stone plinth. The building features a bracketed and moulded stone cornice that is broken over a slight central projection with a pediment. The old tile roof extends over the eaves, and the sloping ridge of the pediment is carried high up on the main sloped roof.

On the first floor, there are five windows, with the central window having a bracketed stone cill and a stone architrave surround. The ground floor has four taller windows, all featuring triple keystones. The central entrance door consists of six panels and has a plain fanlight above it, set in an arched stone opening with a moulded surround, complete with a stone doorcase featuring pilasters, a broken cornice, and a broken pediment. Narrow side windows flanking the doorway have stone surrounds and are likely later additions. The house has 19th-century extensions on the southwest side, and the west front was redone in 1889.

Inside, earlier features include a room to the right of the entrance that has moulded beams and a large boss displaying the arms of Henry Seward, dating from around 1640. To the right of the main front, there are remnants of a 17th or 18th-century service wing, consisting of part of a wall made of old stone flint and brick, with 19th-century lean-to brick additions on the west side.

The former stables associated with No 71 are noted under Nos 71A and 71B. All the listed buildings in The Close form an outstanding group.