Prysten House is aGrade I listed 15th century merchant's house situated close toSt Andrew's Church in the city ofPlymouth, England.[1] It is a large U-shaped three storey split level house builtc. 1498 and extended 1635.
It is constructed from Plymouthlimestone rubble usingrelieving arches withDartmoorgranite hooded andogee-framed Tudor dressings to glazed window openings, dry Devonslate 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]
The building is owned by The Minster Church of St Andrew and has been used as amuseum[3] and arestaurant, but contrary to the misnomer has never been a priest's house, its name originating simply from its close proximity toSt 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[update] the museum is not open to the public,[6] but the restaurant is open.[7]
Prysten House also features the "Door of Unity" commemorating theWar of 1812.
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