NHER 11035 (Building record) - Thelveton Hall

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Summary

Thelveton Hall was built around 1592 by Thomas Havers, shortly after he acquired the land. As a recusant, Havers established a chapel in the house that survived until the building passed to Thomas Mann in 1863, as well as a secret chamber above the ceiling of the porch entrance. This large brick house is of two storeys with tiled roofs, and is E-shaped with a beautifully regular Elizabethan or Jacobean brick façade. The later owner, Thomas Mann, made his money from brewing and the purchase of this house can be seen as part of his move from commerce to landed gentry.

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Location

Map sheet TM18SE
Civil Parish SCOLE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

September 1951. Listed, Grade II*.
Listing Description:
Around 1592. Large brick house with rendered moulded brick dressings. Tiled roofs. Two storeys and attics. E-shaped on plan, 1:2:1:2:1 bays. End gabled wings and central three storey porch with stepped gables and octagonal corner shafts with moulded brick finials. Three and five-light rendered mullion/transom windows with moulded pediments. Round arched doorway also with pediment. Moulded string course. At rear two gables and two large external brick chimney stacks on rear wall, each with two octagonal shafts with moulded bases. Late 18th century wing at rear on south-east corner. Late 19th century, two storey wings added to east and west ends in matching style. Interior: much altered in late 19th century, but contains fragments of 16th or 17th century panelling, much altered staircase at south-west, and early 18th century carved wood chimney-piece in first floor west room. Long gallery on first floor.
Information from (S1).

Mansion, E shaped, built soon after 1592. May have genuine priest hole. Some panelling remains. However main block opened out as hall 1910 and most of interior dates from this period; also varoius wings of 1863 to 1891. Southeast wing however dates from before 1863 and was once a chapel.
See report in secondary file (S2).
E. Rose (NLA), 23 October 2000.

  • --- Article in Serial: Cozens-Hardy, B. 1961. Some Norfolk Halls. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXII pp 163-208. p 204.
  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. pp 698-699.
  • --- Photograph: 1993. Photograph of Thelveton Hall, Scole. Black & white.
  • --- Photograph: Photograph of Thelveton Hall, Scole. Black & white.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Post-Medieval. Scole.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Recording Form: Heywood, S. 1998. Norfolk County Council Site Visit Record - Thelveton Hall, Scole.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1156238.
  • <S1> Unpublished Document: Rose, E. 2000. Building Survey.

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Nov 20 2018 11:22AM

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