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Saint John's Hospital, Northgate:
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Main entrance from Northgate - gatehouse dating
from late 15th or early 16th century. Repaired in 1972. Gable front
with shaped bargeboards. (Blank shields and leaf decorations in
the spandrels - photos forthcoming!)
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Detail of gatehouse - inside is a small office,
once a lodging for the porter.
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One of the oldest surviving parts - the old kitchen
(ground floor) behind the beautiful septagonal (seven-sided) stair
turret with blocked slit windows, which leads up to the dining room.
Fishscale tiles on the roof.
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The old kitchen - detail of the fireplace with
its spits for roasting.. The room has been renovated (1970s) as
a common room for the residents.
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The chapel - 12th century with 15th century windows
(on other side) - this is the north wall. Described by experts as
'1 storey flint and rubble with stone quoins and buttresses'
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The font in the chapel "with its curious
Jacobean cover like a table leg, is of early mediaeval date"
says Hill. He also says that there was a font here because tenants
on the Hospital's land had the right to baptise their children in
the chapel instead of the parish church.
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For more pictures, including the oldest toilet in England (?!) click here> |
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