THE CLAUSTRAL BUILDINGS OF THE FORMER AUGUSTINIAN PRIORY OF ST ANDREW NOW INCORPORATED IN HEXHAM COURT HOUSE AND HEXHAM HOUSE CLINIC, BEAUMONT STREET - List Entry
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"...C13 Vestibule to Chapterhouse to south of south transept: ruins now incorporated in the St Cuthbert Chapel [1955]. Nothing significant remains of the Chapterhouse itself. Lavatorium: circa 1280 on wall of undercroft to south-west of west end of nave. 7 crocketted pointed arches corbelled above now walled-in trough. Blind tracery. Undercroft: south-west of west end of nave. Segmental barrel vault with chamfered ribs. Prior's House: C15 and C16 to west of undercroft and facing Prior's Court. Practically nothing left after repeated fire damage and early C19 ashlar rebuilding, except for Prior Leachman's window on north side above gateway to Prior's Court. Cusped and crocketted ogee arch with coat of arms as finial charged with the saltire cross of the Priory with a tall crest and supported by naked figures. 4 corbel masks below window and a leaf pattern panel. The C19 rebuilding is 2 storeys, 8 windows to south (glazing bar sashes) with a segmental archway to northern courtyard. Crenellated on north side. The Carnaby Block: dated 1539...." -
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