NHER 44364 (Building record) - The Round House
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG40SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FRITTON AND ST OLAVES, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
House with two-storey round tower at corner.
A sale advertisement (S1) states it is 400 years old and a former tollhouse, but the former is improbable and latter cannot be correct as the only main road ever in this area is some way to the south.
Faden's map of 1797 (S2), which extends here into what used to be Suffolk, does not show a windmill or similar feature.
However the Fritton Tithe map of 1838 (S3) clearly marks the round tower although it is hardly visible on the Ordnance Survey First Edition Six-inch map (S4) though this does show a building called 'Warren House' to the south. Could this have been a warren lodge? The building in question appears to be labelled as 'Round House' on all subsequent Ordnance Survey maps.
E. Rose (NLA), 28 April 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 October 2022.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF63344 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2003. [Sale advertisement for The Round House, Fritton]. 21 March.
- <S2> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
- <S3> SNF66278 Map: Colman, S.. 1838. Fritton Tithe Map 1838. 1 inch : 3 chains.
- <S4> SNF53293 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1884-1891. Ordnance Survey Map. Six inches to the mile. First Edition. 1:10,560. Norfolk LXXXIX.NE (Surveyed 1884, Published 1884).
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Record last edited
Oct 26 2022 1:31AM