South Range And Adjoining South End Of West Range, Blackfriars

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SO8218SE BLACKFRIARS 844-1/11/15 (South side) 23/01/52 South Range and Adjoining South End of West Range, Blackfriars (Formerly Listed as: COMMERCIAL ROAD (North side) Remains of Blackfriars in Mineral Water Works)

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Part of Dominican friary (Blackfriars) comprising the south range and the adjoining south end of the west range of the former claustral buildings. Mid C13, remodelled 1540-45 for conversion to cloth manufactory for Sir Thomas Bell; later alterations for multiple domestic, manufacturing and commercial use; late C20 programme of conservation by English Heritage. Stone rubble with dressed stone features and details, tile roofs. PLAN: south range extends along the south side of the former friary cloister and at its west end abuts the south end of the west range; further north the vestigial remains of the central portion of the west range are incorporated into a terrace of houses, Nos 13-17 Ladybellegate Street (qqv). Originally the south range contained the farmery at the east end and the buttery at the west end with a long dormitory or library on the upper floor; the west range contained the refectory. EXTERIOR OF SOUTH RANGE: two storeys; on the north side of the ground floor at the west end the remains of a C13 lavabo in an arcaded recess; in the centre an arched doorway; on the first floor a series of identical, small rectangular windows; on the south side at the west end a large doorway with weathered moulded jambs and arched head; further east other original and later openings; on the first floor a series of windows similar to those on the first floor of the north side. INTERIOR OF SOUTH RANGE: on the ground floor a central row of timber posts support bridging beams; on the first floor along both the north and south walls the remains of identical carrels separated originally by thin screen walls with segmental, moulded arched heads over each recess; remarkable surviving example of C13 open roof with close-set timber trusses. EXTERIOR OF WEST RANGE: in the south gable-end wall a stepped triplet of lancet windows with moulded jambs and heads; in the west wall the remains of closely spaced lancet windows with

similar mouldings. INTERIOR OF WEST RANGE: a full height storey; the triplet of lancets in the south gable-end wall framed in an arcade of slender shafts with moulded capitals and bases under a wide relieving arch. Now part of Ancient Monument in the care of English Heritage which includes Blackfriars Church and Adjoining remains (qv).

Listing NGR: SO8294118407