Description

LICHFIELD

SK1109NE THE CLOSE
1094-1/5/211 (South side)
06/03/70 Bishop's House

GV II

House. Mainly C18 remodelling of probably medieval building,
with some original elements and extensive C19 remodelling and
re-facing.
Brick with ashlar and rock-faced stone dressings; double-span
fishscale tile roof with brick cross-axial and end stacks.
Double-depth plan.
2 storeys with basement and attic; symmetrical 3-window range;
2 gables. Rock-faced plinth, drip course over ground floor and
Lombard friezes to bases of gables; enriched bargeboards.
Entrance has porch influenced by C17 example at Tutbury
Castle, Staffs, rock-faced stone with stop-chamfered angles
and gablet to parapet, shouldered lintel and inner half-glazed
door. Windows have ashlar surrounds and transomed casements;
3-light windows to ground floor with single lights flanking
porch; 1st floor has cross-casement windows flanking 2-light
window; single-lights to attic.
Right return has older brick to basement with older brick and
3-light leaded casement; segmental-headed stair window with
stained glass. Left return has probably medieval wall to
basement returned to front with later brick wall above;
3-light transomed casement with leaded glazing; projecting
gable to left and C20 re-entrant block.
Rear has stone and early brick to base, some quoins to gabled
element to left; basement has Tudor-arched blocked door and 3
windows with 3-light casements; C20 iron balcony to ground
floor.
INTERIOR: C20 stair to left end and earlier stick-baluster
stair to right end; basement has vaulted front range and rear
range with chamfered beams, one room with wine storage bins,
another with copper; most rooms have simple details, but rear
left room has Tudor-arched alcove and similar recess; cornice
with roundels; Tudor-arched fireplace.
(Victoria History of the County of Stafford: Greenslade M W:
Lichfield: Oxford: 1990-: P.66; Buildings of England: Pevsner
N: Staffordshire: London: 1974-: P.189).

Listing NGR: SK1153709704

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26513230

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)