NHER 30307 (Building record) - Laurel Farm, Skinners Lane

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Summary

Laurel Farm is a timber framed two storey farmhouse in three cells, with a parlour end of unusually high quality. Outwardly the building looks likely to date to the 17th century, but it is possible that the building originated as a medieval hall house, with an upper floor, stack and parlour of late 16th century date. The steep pantile roof dates to around 1700, and the house was given a brick skin in the early 19th century.

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Location

Map sheet TM28NW
Civil Parish STARSTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Laurel Farm, Skinners Lane. Possible moated site.

June 1981. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Laurel Farmhouse, Skinner's Lane. Starston.
17th-century timber-frame house, faced in brick. Steep pantile roof with gabled ends. Brick chimney stack off centre. Two storeys. Three widely spaced windows. 18th- or 19th-century casements. Two modern doors one in front of stack. Later external brick stack on north end."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 31 October 2018. Amended by P. Beers (HES), 03 April 2020.

1994. Building Survey.
Timber framed three cell two storey farmhouse, with parlour end of unusually high quality. Evidence suggests a medieval hall house, with upper floor, stack and parlour of late 16th century. Main roof of around 1700. Brick skin of around 1800.
See report (S2) for further details.
E. Rose (NLA), 4 February 1994.

July 1997. Earthwork Survey.
Survey of moated site at 1:1000.
See report (S3) for further details and copy of plan (S4). This survey is also noted in (S5).
B. Cushion (NLA) August 1997.

Management Statement signed 13 June 2000.
See copy in office file.
H. Paterson (A&E), 21 June 2000.

  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 671.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1050071.
  • <S2> Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 1994. Building Report.. Building Report.
  • <S3> Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1997. Starston SMR30307. Earthwork Survey Report.
  • <S4> Illustration: Cushion, B. 1997. Plan of earthworks at Starston SMR 30307. Film. 1:1000.
  • <S5> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1998. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1997. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt I pp 193-210. p 205.

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Record last edited

Apr 3 2020 4:33PM

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