NHER 21071 (Building record) - Home or Spong Farm, Church Hill

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Summary

A late medieval timber framed hall house probably dating from the 15th century, with later alterations including the insertion of upper floors. The building retains many of its original timbers, including a pair of arched doorways leading from the hall to the service areas.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1077558: HOME FARM

Location

Map sheet	TM08NE
Civil Parish	BANHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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March 1983. Listed, Grade II.
Brick plinth, timber framed with roughcast clay lump infill. Thatched roof. 2 storeys. Door left of centre in timber case. 3 sashes to each floor with glazing bars. Cabled roof with axial stack right of centre and second external stack at west gable, which is weatherboarded. Single storey utility bay to west not included. Numerous C18 casements to rear. First floor of east end is brick. Interior timber framing simple. Vice by stack, both fireplaces blocked.
Information from (S1).

Hall house of 15th century date or earlier, with unusual stack position. E bay added or rebuilt, stack and upper floor inserted about 1700; façade of about 1800, roof replaced. May have originally been crownpost.
See (S1) and (S2).
E. Rose, (NAU) 24 January 1985.

December 2003. Building Survey.
Brief visit by NHBG. Conclusions broadly as above.
See report (S3) for further details.
E. Rose (NLA), 30 April 2005.

Associated Sources (10)

--- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
--- SNF99427 Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Listing Notification. Notification. DNF2465.
--- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 192.
--- SNF81926 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2010. Everything you could wish for in a property.. 22 October.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1077558.
<S2> SNF54133 Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 1985. Building Report.. Building Report.
<S3> SNF9268 Photograph: Rose, E. 1985. Historic Environment Service Photography. Film CQV. Site Visits by E. Rose January-March 1985. Historic Environment Service Film Collection. film. black and white. CQV/12-20.
<S4> SNF56265 Unpublished Report: Brown, S. and Brown, M. 2003. Home Farm, Church Hill, Banham, Norfolk. Norfolk Historic Buildings Group Report.

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