3-storey main east facade
2-storey gabled north facade with slate pathway
Door of Unity on the north garden

Prysten House is a Grade I listed 15th century merchant's house situated close to St Andrew's Church in the city of Plymouth, England.[1] It is a large U-shaped three storey split level house built c. 1498 and extended 1635.

Construction

It is constructed from Plymouth limestone rubble using relieving arches with Dartmoor granite hooded and ogee-framed Tudor dressings to glazed window openings, dry Devon slate roofs and two original lateral chimney stacks. The front has a distinctive and fine granite transomed bay window arrangement over a decorated and hooded doorway.[2]

History

The building is owned by The Minster Church of St Andrew and has been used as a museum[3] and a restaurant, but contrary to the misnomer has never been a priest's house, its name originating simply from its close proximity to St Andrew's Church, Plymouth.[4]

Prysten House is home to the Plymouth Tapestry designed by Eric Mor and displays a model of Plymouth in 1620.[5] As of April 2015 the museum is not open to the public,[6] but the restaurant is open.[7]

Prysten House also features the "Door of Unity" commemorating the War of 1812.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1067152)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. ↑ England, Historic. "PRYSTEN HOUSE, City of Plymouth - 1067152- Historic England". www.historicengland.org.uk.
  3. ↑ "Listed Buildings". www.plymouth.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "The Prysten House". www.visitplymouth.co.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Frommer's". www.frommers.com. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Prysten House Historic Sites in Plymouth, Devon". www.visitoruk.com. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Tanners Restaurant , Prysten House, Plymouth, Devon – Restaurants". Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015. retrieved 11 April 2015
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