The Deanery, Priors Hall and Adjoining Boundary Wall to SW Norwich, England
Listed Building Data
The Deanery, Priors Hall and Adjoining Boundary Wall to SW has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1206422
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 26 February 1954
- Name
- THE DEANERY, PRIORS HALL AND ADJOINING BOUNDARY WALL TO SOUTH WEST
- Location
- THE DEANERY, PRIORS HALL AND ADJOINING BOUNDARY WALL TO SOUTH WEST, THE CLOSE
- District
- Norwich
- County
- Norfolk
- Grid Reference
- TG 23539 08849
- Easting
- 623539.0000
- Northing
- 308849.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
TG 2308 NE THE CLOSE 17/217 26.2.54 The Deanery, Priors Hall and adjoining boundary wall to south-west (formerly listed as The Deanery. GV I Former Deanery, originally the Prior's Lodging, now sub-divided. C13 with C16, C17 and later remodelling and additions. Flint and brick rubble with stone and some brick dressings; pantile roof. South facade in 3 parts: Left Part 2 storeys and attic; scattered fenestration includes blocked C13 lancets, mullioned and transomed window with leaded lights and a 2-light window with cusped head. Plain brick stringcourse. 2 stepped gables each with a 3-light attic window. Centre Part: Hipped gable-fronted projecting wing has chequer- work with brick dressings. 2 flat-headed sashes with glazing bars under earlier cambered, brick arches. Right Part: Hipped gable - front extension to cross-wing with stepped gable. Red brick facade with rubble side walls. Ground floor arcade of 3 round-headed arches with linked imposts has sash window with glazing bars in centre, 2 large first-floor sashes under cambered gauged brick arches. Entered from the left side through a door with glazing bars. Another door, a Venetian window and stepped gable to right. Left side elevation including rear wing and boundary wall to south-west, formed the east wall of the west claustral range of the Cathedral Priory. Blocked arches, brick dressings and 2 mullioned and transomed windows attest numerous building periods. Rear elevation has two 2-light Late C15 windows on ground floor and 4 first-floor sashes. Interior (not inspected during the re-survey) is noted as having a doorway with 4-centred head and moulded spandrels, and a fine mid C16 Renaissance carved overmantei in the library.
Listing NGR: TG2353908849
