NHER 38179 (Building record) - Nos 4 and 6 Broad Street, Merchant's House/Old Bank House

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Summary

The Old Bank House, situated on the right before the church, has an 18th-century façade, but is a 17th-century house with Doric doorcases and irregularly spaced sash windows. The Norfolk Historic Buildings Group survey of Merchant's House postulates that it is part of a high status 16th-century three-cell building.

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Location

Map sheet TM28SW
Civil Parish REDENHALL WITH HARLESTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Nos 4 and 6 Broad Street, Merchant's House/Old Bank House, Harleston.

December 1959. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Old Bank House. 17th century with 18th-century front. Roughcast front. Steep black glazed pantile roof with gable ends. Two storeys and attic. Four first floor windows. Six ground floor windows, all sashes with glazing bars...Three modern flat-roofed dormers with casements with glazing bars. Rear plastered four gables...Interior: panelled front window shutters."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 4 November 2020.

Both sections described in Listing Description (S1) as Old Bank House. 18th-century façade on 17th-century house with Doric doorcases and ovolo mullioned window in one of four ear gables. NHBG (Norfolk Historic Buildings Group) survey of Merchant's House alone identifies it as part of high status 16th-century three-cell building with moulded beams; rear added in 17th century.
See report (S2).
E. Rose (NLA), 11 March 2003.

  • --- Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. pp 385-386.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1050150.
  • <S2> Unpublished Document: Brown, M. and Brown, S.. Norfolk Historic Buildings Group Building Report. Norfolk Historic Buildings Group.

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Mar 17 2022 2:36PM

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