Earlier stylistic date now superceeded by tree-ring dating to C15. (4)
Impressive … C16, with a coved and oversailing upper storey. It was associated with the Governors of Newark during the sieges of 1643-6. (1)
House. 1474, with late C18 addition and early and late C19 and C20 alterations. Restored and converted 1987 by Guy St John Taylor Associates. (2)
One of the grandest buildings on Stodman Street, dating from the 15th century. It was the residence of two town governors, Richard Willis and Richard Byron, during the Civil War. The timber-framed building underwent dendrochronological dating in 1985 and 1998 which gave felling dates of 1456-1476 for the front range and 1484-1504 for the rear range suggesting a two-stage construction. It has three storeys and an L-shaped plan. The front range is six-bays wide and is close studded with coved jettied floors. During examination of the building in the 1980s and 1990s evidence was found of continuous mullioned windows at the first-floor level, similar to the Old White Hart, 34 Market Place. The windows of the first and second floors was replaced in the 19th century with multi-pane sashes and 20th-century wooden shop fronts have been inserted into the ground floor. The rear wing, accessed via a carriageway that forms part of 47 Market Place, has a stone-built ground floor with close-studded timber framing above. Internally, the building retains wall paintings on the first floor. The Governor’s House was listed grade I in 1950 and was restored and converted in 1987 by Guy St John Taylor Associates. (3)

Listed buildings slides, 53 slides (Photograph). SNT2648.

<1> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed., p 196 (Monograph). SNT4.

<2> DOE, Listed Building Description (Published document). SNT228.

<3> Historic England, 2024, Newark on Trent, Historic Area Assessment by Historic England (Unpublished document). SNT6029.

<4> J Buckley (NCC), Observations by Janine Buckley MA (NCC) (Personal comment). SNT5239.