Description

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752 ABBEY

SU 4997 1/159A 19.1.51 The Checker

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C13 origin. Square stone building, with buttresses. On ground floor,
a doorway with 2 centred arch and continuous moulding heads to the
undercroft, formerly the abbots wine cellar, which has one octagonal
pier and single chamfered ribs in four bays.
The room above has a doorway with continuous moulding and two Decorated
two-light windows. Triangular lobby with three doorways made when the
room was divided into two in the C14. In the right hand chamber is a
fine C13 fireplace, with a stiff leaf and other leaf capitals and
projecting hood.
Tall chimney with rare top; the vents are three stepped lancets in a
gable. Restored circa 1910. West of the checker is a lower stone
range probably the former Granary, and then a timber framed gable on a
stone base. Roof with two tiers of wind braces. The Checker Hall has
been reformed out of a block of cottages, and is now a theatre with an
apron stage, described under the Unicorn Theatre, Thames Street.

Listing NGR: SU4997497021

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17529087

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)