Description

THE CLOSE 1. 1594 No 18 SU 1429 NW 3/43 28.2.52. II* GV

2. Originally Common Hall of the Vicars Choral, early canonical house (bequeathed 1319-20) of which these are some remains. The front part of house recased and heightened in the early C19. 3 storeys, stucco faced. Flat eaves to hipped slate roof. Unsymnmetrical front with projecting L H wing. Entrance below road level. 2 windows to upper floors. 1 window on ground floor and 6-panel door at R H with panelled reveals and doorcase of Doric pilasters simplified entablature and moulded pediment. The R H part has 1 window 3 panes wide on second floor and 4 panes wide first and ground floors. All windows have drip moulds. To rear early ruing 2 storeys tile hung with gable end old tile roof, restored, mostly C16/Cl7 but the west wall has section of original material, flint stone, rubble and diagonally set tiles. The wing has some exposed beams 2 bays of roof structure with intact windbraces and purlins, one collar.

All the listed buildings in The Close form an outstanding group.

Listing NGR: SU1447629669

External Links

• Wikidata Q17534673

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide