The Tribunal, Glastonbury - Somerset, UK - Wikipedia Entries on Waymarking.com

The Tribunal in Glastonbury, Somerset, was built in the 15th century as a merchant's house. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

"Early C16 facade to a C15 structure. The Abbey courthouse, also used during the Monmouth Rebellion trials by Judge Jeffreys. 2 storeys Freestone. Ground floor has a continuous range of 8 lights divided by stone mullions, and a doorway to left. The wooden door is original. Panels above the doorway have Tudor Rose and Tudor Royal Arms. In centre of 1st floor is a splayed oriel of 6 lights with a 2-light window to each side. All lights have uncusped heads. Moulded strings and parapet coping. Pantile roof. Interior has open timber roofs, some moulded plaster ceilings and fireplaces. Contains museum of Glastonbury Antiquarian Society. In guardianship of Department of Environment. All the listed buildings from Crown Hotel to No 11 (North side) and Nos 2 to 10, with No 12 (South side), and the Market Cross and Nos 6 to 9 (consec) Market Place form an extremely important group."

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"The building is a typical late medieval house, with a separate kitchen block at the rear. A passage leads from the front door through to the courtyard at the back. The present façade with its projecting first-floor bay was added in the early 16th century: the construction joints are clearly visible in the masonry. The Tudor rose and the badge of Abbot Beer (died 1524) have been reset over the entrance to the passage.

Within the house, several internal partitions were added when the building was let to different tenants later in its history. The ground-floor front room retains its arched fireplace with recesses on either side, and below the window the wooden panels, carved to imitate linen folds, date from the 16th century. Scars on the wall show the location of the medieval stairs, and corbels or supports mark the position of an upper floor.

The room at the back was the main chamber and has a fine panelled ceiling; the four-light window in the north wall is original, while those in the east and west walls were inserted in the 17th century. The kitchen block at the back of the house is a separate building added in Elizabethan times.

The first floor, which now houses the Lake Village Museum, repeats the arrangement of the ground floor. The main room at the front extends over the entrance passage and retains its fine original open roof."

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