NHER 65172 (Structure record) - Forecourt wall of The Vicarage, Vicar Street

Forecourt wall of The Vicarage (NHER 15862).
Previously recorded under NHER 15862.

December 1950. Listed, Grade II.
Wall to south of main gateway explicitly included in listing designation for The Vicarage (NHER 15862). Listing Description excerpt:
"...Extending north and south along Vicar Street is attached forecourt wall of flint and brick. Gate pier to north. In southern section are a pair of square section gault brick gate piers enclosing a re-used wave-moulded stone arch in which is set a plank and muntin timber door."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2021.

July 1972. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
Wall to north of main gateway explicitly included in listing designation for the stables north-east of The Vicarage (NHER 65171). Listing Description excerpt:
"…Forecourt wall of flint and brick runs west from stables returning south down Vicar Street to terminate in stone and flint gate pier. "
Information from (S2).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S2) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2021.

5 March 1980. Field Observation.
Seen by E. Rose (NAU):
Arch, late Norman or Transitional, presumably from abbey ruins. Set into yellow brick 19th-century wall as garden door.
Photographs in file.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU). Information from (S3).
Previously recorded under NHER 15862.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2021.

There is a local legend that this arch was the front door to the house of the rebel Kett!
E. Rose (NAU).
Previously recorded under NHER 15862.