Description

LINCOLN

SK9771NE EASTGATE
1941-1/9/111 (South side)
08/10/53 Nos.28 AND 29
(Formerly Listed as:
EASTGATE
(South side)
Nos.28 AND 29
The Elephant Inn and adjoining house)

GV II

Includes: No.3 Elephant Inn PRIORYGATE.
Former public house (the Elephant Inn), and adjoining house.
Now the cathedral Clerk of Works office. 1695 and early C18,
altered 1825, late C19 and 1929. Stone, stucco and brick, with
plain tile and pantile roofs with 3 brick gable stacks.
L-plan.
EXTERIOR: former public house, fronting Priorygate, stucco, 2
storeys plus garrets, 2 bays. Rusticated ground floor, first
floor band, wooden modillion eaves. Off-centre round headed
rusticated doorcase with 6-panel door and fanlight. Over it, a
datestone, 1695. To left, a 16-pane sash, and above, two
12-pane sashes.
East block, fronting Eastgate, 2 storeys, 3 bays, has to north
a central lean-to porch, mid C20, flanked to right by a
glazing bar sash. To left, a single storey addition, dated
1929, with parapet. To right, an extruded corner, 2 storeys.
Above, 2 segment headed glazing bar sashes. At the rear, a
single storey addition, L-plan, with hipped roof. Above, a
segment headed 12-pane sash, and above again, a box dormer
with a 3-light casement.
INTERIOR: No.28 has on the ground floor a late C17 panelled
room with moulded cornice, fielded 6-panel door in moulded
surround, and an enriched Classical style fireplace with hob
grate.
No.29 has a late C17 oak dogleg stair, 4 flights, square
newels and acorn drops, turned balusters and moulded handrail.
Top landing has similar balustrade.
(Buildings of England : Lincolnshire: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire:
London: 1989-: 495; Jones S: The Survey of Ancient Houses in
Lincoln: Lincoln: 1984-: 19-22).

LINCOLN

SK9771NE PRIORYGATE
1941-1/9/111 (East side)
08/10/53 No.3
Elephant Inn

GV II

Listing NGR: SK9790171896

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26668052

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6