NHER 29703 (Building record) - Freston House (formerly Freston Farmhouse), Mendham Low Road

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Summary

Freston House is a 17th or 18th century two storey timber framed and stuccoed house with a pantile roof with gabled ends. There is a central gabled porch with an arched doorway and 19th century pierced and shaped bargeboards. There are also similar bargeboards on the gable ends of the rain roof. The building has a large outbuilt brick chimney stack on its end.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1050127: Freston House

Location

Map sheet	TM28SE
Civil Parish	REDENHALL WITH HARLESTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Freston House, Mendham Low Road. Harleston.

November 1976. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"17th or 18th century. Stuccoed. Pantile roof with gabled ends. Two storeys. Four widely spaced windows...Central gabled porch with arched doorway and 19th-century pierced and shaped bargeboards. Similar bargeboards on gable ends of rain roof. Large outbuilt brick chimney stack on end."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 March 2017.

1993. Field Observation.
Formerly in Mendham-in-Norfolk parish.
Large 17th century timber framed house of intermediate type between screens passage plan and lobby entrance; has unusual extra section, apparently original, with different framing to demarcate a non-domestic bay. Much altered 1870.
See report (S2) for further details. This work is also noted in (S3).
E. Rose (NLA), 6 May 1993. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 March 2017.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1050127.
<S2> SNF56526 Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 1993. Building Report.. Building Report.
<S3> SNF6263 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1994. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1993. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt I pp 115-123. p 120.

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Redenhall with Harleston (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Nov 6 2020 10:30PM