Description

TG 2208 NE ST. GILES STREET
(south side)
15/779
26.2.54 No. 48
GV II*
Former house, now hostel with C15 undercroft. Hostel:- C19 Red brick,
plinth and black pantile roof. 3 storeys. 7 bays to principal facade,
one subsidiary bay to right. The 3 central bays project and have a
triangular pediment. Central 4-panel door with rectangular fanlight
containing semi-circular metalwork. 2 detached fluted Tuscan columns
and 2 pilasters supporting frieze having alternate triglyphs and toxophilic
accoutrements. Sash windows throughout with glazing bars and rubbed brick
flat arches, those in the outside ground floor bays contained within recessed
panels with semi-circular arches. Block modillion cornice. The later right-
hand end bay was the entrance to the lecture hall and gymnasion as displayed
in plaque above the doorway. First floor bay window above. Undercroft:-
C15 brick. 2 bays beneath the right-hand half of the building, parallel to
the street line. Each bay has heavy double order diagonal ribs and lighting
niches. The building is graded II* for the undercroft which forms part of
an important group within the City Walls.

Listing NGR: TG2266408576

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17557196

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)