NHER 36536 (Building record) - Mergate Farm
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TM19NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BRACON ASH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
December 2001.
Complex building.
Cross wing apparently 16th century with inserted upper floor, kitchen?
Main block of same date or earlier, first floor hall?
Extended, remodelled and reroofed, 17th century.
Attic floor supported on canted principals with late occurence of religious symbols.
19th century brick extensions.
Evidence of use for flax or paper manufactury in 18th/19th century.
See (S1). The observations made at this time are also summarised in (S2).
E. Rose (NLA), 3 January 2002.
Brief survey by Norfolk Historic Buildings Group suggests that the northeast outshut was used to store cheese on edge, and that part of the house was used as a schoolroom. See (S3).
E.Rose (NLA), 28 January 2003.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1050690.
- --- SNF49212 Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
- --- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 212.
- <S1> SNF50319 Unpublished Document: Rose, E. 2002. Building Report. Building Report.
- <S2> SNF82149 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2003. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk, 2002. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt II pp 368-384. p 369.
- <S3> SNF51938 Unpublished Document: Brown, S. & Brown, M.. 2002. Building Report.. Building Report.
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Record last edited
Jul 31 2018 12:15PM