NHER 4301 (Building record) - Old Merchant's House, Row 117

Merchant's House, Row 117, South Quay.
Fine plastered ceiling with arms of James I.
Information from record card (S1). See also (S2).

Ancient Monument details in file.

June 1953. Listed, Grade II*.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Merchant's house. Early 17th century, bombed 1942 and restored as a museum 1950-1953. Red brick laid in a random bond and with some flint. Red pantile roof.
EXTERIOR: Two storeys and dormer attic; three-window range...Gabled roof with two sloping dormers. Access is via a later entrance set in the yard to the west. The east gable-end has a small enclosed yard formed from a boundary wall. The first floor is lit through a five-light cross casement, above which is a rebuilt chimney flue...
INTERIOR: extensive 17th-century brick cellars. The ground and first floors have had a passage inserted to the south. The ground-floor west room has a plaster ceiling, truncated to the south and east by later partitions. The ceiling is of geometric pattern with moulded ribs….the former centre field has a Royal Arms of James I with the Irish Harp first used in 1603...The fireplace has bolection mouldings. Right and left are strapworked doors with HL and cockshead hinges. The east room has roll-moulded bridging beams and a staircase with turned balusters. The first-floor west room has an early 17th-century plaster ceiling...Bolection-moulded fireplace. The roof structure is of upper crucks, principals, two tiers of butt purlins and collars. Scheduled Ancient Monument."
Information from (S3).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S3) for the current listing details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 March 2022.

Note also reference in (S4) to a 14th century arch at the entrance to Row 117 from the quay.
E. Rose (NLA), 5 October 2002.