NHER 39764 (Building) - Cawston Park Hospital, formerly Cawston College, previously Manor House
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TG12SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CAWSTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
August 2003. Listed, Grade II.
Constructed (in area of original manor house) by Sir Ernest George and Alfred Yeates for George Cawston, 1896. Converted to school in 1964. Red brick with stone dressings, tile roofs. Ornamental brick multi flue stacks. Restrained Tudor style with stone mullioned details. U-plan comprises main south wing and 2 north service wings. (S1) gives detailed external description and sources, states interior not inspected but beamed plaster ceilings reported.
Listed as finely detailed country house by a leading architectural practice.
Information from (S1).
E. Rose (NLA), 25 September 2003.
(S2) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 20 April 2004.
March 2010.
The hospital closed in late 2009 and has been put up for sale.
See (S3) for further details,
H. White, (NLA), 9 April 2010
Associated Sources (6)
- <S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1390561.
- <S2> SNF49212 Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
- <S3> SNF73719 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2010. Collapsed fraud trial hospital for sale. 17 March.
- --- SNF99427 Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Listing Notification. Notification. DNF1978.
- --- SNF58263 Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 431.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
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Record last edited
Jul 31 2018 3:13PM