Description

CATHEDRAL CLOSE
1.
1092
Church House
SX 9292 NW 3/89 29.1.53.
SX 9292 SW 6/89
II* GV
2.
Built on site of Cathedral Cloisters. The front, facing Deanery Place, is of Heavitree
stone and is late C18, 7 windows, 3 storeys and basement. 3 window centre breaks
forward. Fluted cornice. Some glazing bars removed. The back, facing the Cathedral
was a market or almshouses in C17. It is a 2 storey plastered building with coved
cornice, 4 moulded posts carrying the upper storey still being visible. C18 sash
windows with flush frames to 1st floor. Below, the open market has been filled
in, probably circa 1840, and there are doors and windows of this date. Small grouted
slates to roof. Church House is now occupied by various offices in connection
with the Cathedral and the north part is a Verger's house.
All the listed buildings in Cathedral Close form a group.

Listing NGR: SX9206292504

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17547794

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)