Jew's House
- For the building formerly known as Aaron the Jew's House, see the Norman House.
Jew’s House, Lincoln | |
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Jew’s House, Lincoln | |
Location | At the junction of Steep Hill and the Strait, between Uphill and Downhilll, Lincoln |
Coordinates | 53°13′56″N 0°32′20″W / 53.2322°N 0.5388°WCoordinates: 53°13′56″N 0°32′20″W / 53.2322°N 0.5388°W |
OS grid reference | SK9763371566 |
Built | Later 12th Century |
Architectural style(s) | Romanesque Town House |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Designated | 8 October 1953 |
Reference no. | 486271 |
Location in Lincolnshire |
The Jew's House is one of the earliest extant town houses in England. It is situated on Steep Hill in Lincoln, immediately below Jew's Court.[1] The house has traditionally been associated with the thriving Jewish community in Medieval Lincoln. Anti-Semitic hysteria was stoked up by the case of Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln in 1255, and in 1290, the entire Jewish community was expelled from England; the Jew's House supposedly being seized from a Jewish owner. The building has remained continuously occupied to the present day. Since about 1973 it has been used as a restaurant and previous to that it was an Antiques shop.
Architecture
The Jew’s House is built in the local limestone in the Norman or Romanesque style. Dating from the mid-twelfth century, the building originally consisted of a hall at first floor level, measuring approximately 12 by 6 metres, above service and storage spaces at ground level.
Part of the façade survives; the elaborately carved doorway, the remains of two Romanesque double-arch windows and much of the stonework on the upper storey. A chimney breast rises over the arch above the front door, serving the fireplace on the upper floor. There were once two columns supporting the arch, but these have gone.[2]
See also
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- Jew's Court
- Steep Hill
- Norman House
- Whitefriars, 333 High Street, Lincoln
- John of Gaunt’s Palace, Lincoln
- St. Mary's Guildhall, Lincoln
References
- ↑ Historic England. "Monument No. 326716". PastScape. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ↑ ”Antram’’ (1989), pg 519
Literature
- Anon. (1983) Norman Buildings in Lincoln, Lincolnshire Museums Information Sheet, Archaeology Series 26.
- Antram N (revised), Pevsner N & Harris J, (1989), The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, Yale University Press. pg 525.
- M. E. Wood (1974), Revised ed. Norman Domestic Architecture.
External links
- British Listed Buildings
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
- www.jewshouserestaurant.co.uk