Description

LICHFIELD

SK1109NW THE CLOSE
1094-1/4/195 (West side)
05/02/52 No.5

GV II*

House, originally part of the lower court of Vicars' Close.
C14 with early C18 south facade. Timber-frame with brick
front; tile roof with brick stack. Right angle plan.
2 storeys with basement; 2-window range. Basement has some
stone. Entrance up opposed stone steps with plain wooden
handrail has 6-panel door, 2 glazed. Segmental-headed windows
have cross-casements; basement opening. Rear has brick
underbuilding to close-studded 1st floor. Moulded bressumer
and plain eaves. Entrance with wide-boarded door. Varied
fenestration: 2 small and one 3-light casement to ground
floor; 1st floor has small casement in originally larger
opening, leaded light to right end.
INTERIOR: recorded as having 3 bays of framing; framing in
large square panels to left wall. Originally faced north into
lower court of the Vicars' Close, with gabled facade,
re-oriented to face south in early C18.
(Victoria History of the County of Stafford: Greenslade M W:
Lichfield: Oxford: 1990-: P.59; Drury P: The Capitular Estate
of Dean and Chapter of Lichfield Cathedral: 1987-).

Listing NGR: SK1144909709

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17557687

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Recommended Books

• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)