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4 Pottergate

A Grade II* Listed Building in Lincoln, Lincolnshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2337 / 53°14'1"N

Longitude: -0.5333 / 0°31'59"W

OS Eastings: 497994

OS Northings: 371741

OS Grid: SK979717

Mapcode National: GBR FMQ.9Z2

Mapcode Global: WHGHZ.SZ7C

Plus Code: 9C5X6FM8+FM

Entry Name: 4 Pottergate

Listing Date: 8 October 1953

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1388736

English Heritage Legacy ID: 486197

ID on this website: 101388736

Location: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2

County: Lincolnshire

District: Lincoln

Electoral Ward/Division: Minster

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Lincoln

Traditional County: Lincolnshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lincolnshire

Church of England Parish: Lincoln St Peter-in-Eastgate with St Margaret in the close

Church of England Diocese: Lincoln

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Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 4 July 2025 to amend the language in the description and to reformat the text to current standards

SK9771NE
1941-1/9/309

LINCOLN
POTTERGATE (East side)
No.4

08/10/53

GV
II*

House. C14 and C15, with mid C17 additions, altered c1760 and C19. Dressed stone and coursed rubble, with ashlar dressings and plain tile roofs with single gable, ridge and side wall brick stacks. Chamfered eaves. Two storeys, three bays. L-plan.

West front has an off-centre moulded doorcase, restored, with four-centred arch and hoodmould. Unusual late C19 door with hexagonal glazed panels. To its right, a blocked segmental carriage arch with hoodmould and mask stops, containing a C15 two-light window with flat head and hoodmould. To the left, two glazing bar sashes.

Rear has a gabled wing to left with shaped bargeboards and a three-light casement. Above, a glazing bar sash in an altered opening with wooden lintel. To the right, a canted bay window, late C19, and above, three glazing bar sashes.

INTERIOR has a first floor room with C17 framed panelling and window seats.

CEP Charlesworth, pioneer in the treatment of mental conditions, lived here 1820-1834.

From c1400 till c1726, this building formed a single property with 5 Pottergate, qv.

(Buildings of England : Lincolnshire: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire: London: 1989-: 491; Jones S: The Survey of Ancient Houses in Lincoln: Lincoln: 1984-: 74-95; Report and overall assessment of listable quality: Hewlings R: Secular properties..... in lincoln Minster Close: London: 1987-).

Listing NGR: SK9799471741

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