NHER 13877 (Building record) - Farthing Green House (District Council Offices)

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Summary

A mid-18th-century red brick house with an early to mid-19th-century east wing and a large 20th-century west wing. The house is now used as the District Council Offices.

Protected Status/Designation

Location

Map sheet TM39NE
Civil Parish LODDON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

September 1951. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"House, now offices. 18th-century red brick house. Low pitched slate roof with gable ends and overhanging eaves. Brick string courses at floor levels, first floor moulded. Brick pilasters. Three storeys. Five windows...Early/mid-19th-century red brick east wing, two storeys, two sashes with glazing bars. Large early 20th-century west wing, red brick in 'Georgian' style."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 13 December 2021.

Bank House on Ordnance Survey.
Original structure Georgian, 5 bays, 3 storeys (top smallest). Good central doorway, dentilled cornice, two string courses. Massive 19th century northwest extension.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU) 19 July 1978.

(S1) dates northwest extension to early 20th century but states there is a 19th-century east wing.
Architects plans (1996) in file, see (S2).
E. Rose (NLA) 14 August 1996.

  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 527.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1050531.
  • <S2> Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.

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Record last edited

Dec 13 2021 11:55AM

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