NHER 37335 (Monument record) - Site of Walnut Tree Farmhouse, West End, Clippings Green

Small house originally of gable-stack form, two cell, perhaps timber framed.
Extended in 19th century. Main roof lowered in 20th century.
See (S1) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 13 August 2002.

September 2005. Building Survey.
The survey revealed that Walnut Tree Farmhouse was probably built in the 14th century as a three bay post and truss cross-framed house, probably with a thatched roof. The screens passage and service quarter was located towards the northern end of the building. A later stairwell preserved part of the screen passage but the opposing entranceways had been lost through later alterations to the timber frame. The southern two-thirds of the building was likely an open hall, suggested by semi-arched tie-beams recorded in the stairwell. Four diamond mullioned windows and post-head and tie beam lap joints suggest a 14th century date.
From its construction to the 20th century the building was subject to many changes. In the late 17th or early 18th century a brick chimney breast and stack was added to the southern end of the building and an extra room was created by the insertion of a first floor level. A diamond-mullion window and a chamfered-mullion window, both with intermediate vertical bars, were probably added at this time, as was the western doorway and a 'cob' outhouse. In the 19th century a two-storey brick extension was added to the south elevation, the timber frame was heightened on the east and west elevations, and casement windows, weatherboard cladding, internal partition walls and a new roof were added to the main building. A concrete block extension was added to the east elevation and many internal alterations were made to the building during the 20th century.
The building was demolished after the survey, probably in 2006.
See report (S2) for further details. The results of this survey are also summarised in (S3).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2008.62).
J. Allen (NLA), 5 June 2006. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 1 November 2012 and P. Watkins (HES), 5 May 2019.

A complex of four agricultural buildings to the north of the farmhouse were originally recorded under NHER 37335 but are now recorded under NHER 58228.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 November 2012.