Description

TG 2308 NW ST. ANDREW'S STREET
(south side)
16/704
21.9.70 G.P.O. Museum (formerly listed
as St. Andrew's former
Church Hall.
- II*
Former house, now museum. C15. Brick and flint rubble ground floor, timber
frame with brick infill first floor. Pantile roof. Set back and parallel to
street line. 2 storeys, first floor jettied. One bay of former 5-bay house.
Carriage entry with arched braces having pierced, carved spandrels supported on
carved stone corbels. The west gable has corbelled brickwork at jetty level
with squared-flint pattern above. One first floor 4-light frieze window with
shallow mouldings on the mullions. One truss, remains of a crown-post roof having
moulded base and capital on the crown-post. Contemporary brick-built undercroft
with pointed barrel-vault profile with the apex parallel to the street line.
A painting by H. Ninham 1848, shows the complete building. Castle museum
accession No. 44.89.929. The building is graded II* because of the undercroft,
one of an important group within the City Walls. Scheduled as an Ancient Monument.

Listing NGR: TG2306208713

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17557208

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