Description

TF 8342 BURNHAM NORTON FRIAR'S LANE (east)

12/67 Gatehouse, Carmelite
5.6.53. Friary Ruins (formerly
listed as Priory
ruins including cottage).

G.V. I

Gatehouse to former friary, the first Carmelite foundation (1241) after
expulsion (1238) from Mount Carmel in Sinai. C14 Decorated, perhaps related
to a recorded enlargement in 1343. Lower rubble, upper squared and knapped
flint, cut stone dressings, C20 tiled roof. 2 storeys. West front ground
floor entrance arch with canted richly moulded arch, simple quoined reveals,
label mould. String course above with segmental arched recessed typanum
with moulded bases for 3 missing statues, knapped flint infill. Entrance
arch and typanum are recessed under a segmental headed arch, continued
as string course either side. Pebble flint below this line, knapped,
squared flint above. 2 trefoil headed blank arches and outer buttresses
on either side. String course above with central 2-centred arched window
with tracery temporarily removed, 2 blank arches with Decorated tracery
either side, outer buttresses. Gable has 3 blank traceried lancets, kneelers
and coped parapet. East elevation has deeply moulded attached piers with
bases and capitals, arch, 2 niches, above. 2 blank intersected and cusped
tracery windows. Interior has 2 richly moulded vaulted bays with attached
wall shafts, ribs and 2 defaced central bosses. Ground floor south door,
first floor north door. Scheduled Ancient Monument, County Number 202.

Listing NGR: TF8381542777

Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)