Blocked Doorway is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1986. Doorway.

Blocked Doorway

WRENN ID: dark-pewter-bittern
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Stroud
Country: England
Date first listed: 1 December 1986
Type: Doorway
Source: Historic England listing

Description

NORTH NIBLEY LOWERHOUSE LANE ST 7396 at NGR ST 73939646 (west side) 8/113 Blocked doorway II

Doorway. Dated 1607. Limestone ashlar. Moulded Tudor-arched doorway with hoodmould. Weathered coping steps up over doorway and fits around rectangular inscription stone. Inscription reads: 'N. M. M. H./ S. P. N. C./ ANNO DMI. 1607'. Initials represent: Nunc mei, mox hujus, sed postea, nescio cujus. Translated: Today 'tis mine, Tomorrow, thine, but whose next day I cannot say. Remains of contemporary plank door still in position. This is thought to be the entrance to John Smyth's house, reputedly destroyed in the course of a family quarrel. (D. Verey, Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979)

Listing NGR: ST7392396461

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