NHER 16079 (Building record) - 17th-century Manor House

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Summary

17th-century long red brick building with a flint plinth under two-thirds of the house. The brickwork is slightly chequered and the building has irregularly sized windows. The house may incorporate earlier building materials. There is a barn of 17th- or early 18th-century date to the south-west (NHER 45337) and a 19th-century barn to the north.

Protected Status/Designation

Location

Map sheet TF93NW
Civil Parish BARSHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Manor House.

November 1951. Listed Grade II.
See (S1).

April 1980. Field Observation.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU).
Long red brick building, two storeys. Flint plinth under two-thirds of house. Brickwork slightly chequered; blocked windows on upper floor look 17th century. Shapes and sizes of existing windows irregular. String courses. Shaped gables each end, and also on a single-storey north extension. Possibly a 17th-century house incorporating older work, with gables etc. added around 1700. To north a flint barn with stepped gable, but latter seems 19th century.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 30 April 1980. Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 28 December 2022.

According to Listing 1984, 17th-/18th-century barn with 19th-century stepped gable is to south-west of Manor House (now NHER 45337), barn of c.1800 is to north.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU). Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 28 December 2022.

Excerpt of current Listing Description:
"House. Late 17th or early 18th century. Red brick with red pantiles; flint plinth to part of ground floor east front suggests earlier history to the house...Curved Dutch gable at north, two end and one off-centre stacks. Rear a much more regularly-organised façade of nine bays with, at first floor, moulded plat-band and aprons to windows. Rubbed brick flat arches...At north one storey with attic wing, ending in Dutch gable."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 28 December 2022.

  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. pp 570-571.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1049420.
  • <S2> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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Record last edited

Dec 28 2022 2:28PM

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