Listed Building: FORMER MONASTIC BUILDINGS ADJOINING KELHAM HALL (3.42.16)
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Grade | II |
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Authority | |
EH LBS Legacy ID | 242857 |
Date assigned | 08 November 1990 |
Date last amended |
Description
Former monastic buildings and chapel, now offices and function room. Designed 1927-9 by Charles Clayton Thompson. Brick and concrete. Three ranges of buildings around a courtyard with the chapel to the north. 2 storey. 7 bay, south range, has plain tile roof with 2 stacks. South front has 4, 3 light cross casements, then 2 similar 2 light casements and a round arched entrance, glazed with double glazed doors. About 4 similar 3 light casements in through eaves, half-hipped dormers, and then a pair of gabled dormers each with a similar 2 light casement. The final bay has a tiny 2 light casement. The courtyard front has 2 light cross casements on the ground floor, and 2 light casements above. The main, west range, 3 storey plus attics, has a plain tile half-hipped roof and 3 ridge stacks. West front. 10 bays with 2 projecting blocks with hipped roofs. The round headed entrance archway, has a single and a 2 light cross casement to the left, and to the right a 2 light, a single and then a further 2 light window, with beyond 2, 3 light windows, then 3 altered windows, and finally a single 3 light window, all cross casements. Above similar fenestration, with a 3 light cross casement over the entrance. Above again similar fenestration through with 4 through eaves, half-hipped dormers. This range has similar fenestration on the courtyard front. Chapel. South entrance front, has to the west a 2 storey link with 2 round arches and above 3 round headed windows. Symmetrical front has a central section topped by a round arched parapet, with tall brick side buttresses and single bay wings. Central entrance reached up 4 steps, has round headed doorway with 5 round arches, and double panel doors. Above 7 tall, rotund headed lancets, each with a round headed panel, those in the centre taller. The side wings have single round headed panels, with a casement and above a round headed window in each. The incomplete west front is partly weatherboarded. The north front has a canted apse with 2 small lancets. Interior, has a central square space roofed with high brick lined dome supported on 4 side arches, with stepped corner arches. The north side has a brick rood arch, and the other sides have pairs of round arches supporting galleries, over the aisles. The interior retains some of its original choir stalls, and gallery and staircase balustrades. (NCC/js)
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 77401 55572 (68m by 71m) |
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Map sheet | SK75NE |
District | Newark |
Civil Parish | Kelham, Newark |
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Record last edited
Apr 29 2015 11:39AM