NHER 7437 (Building record) - Booton Hall, The Street

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Summary

An L-shaped building of brick, with a pantiled roof. The hall was built in the early 17th century, (although it may enclose a 16th century building) and it was extended in the late 17th century. An attic storey was added to the existing two storeys in the late 18th century. In the grounds of the hall are earthwork remains of a formal 18th century garden.

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Map sheet	TG12SW
Civil Parish	BOOTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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L shaped building, possibly encapsulating a late 16th century house; there are doorways of this period in one wing. Externally, early 17th century, extended in late 17th and heightened in 18th/19th century.

Outbuildings include unusual barn, part ruined, of about 1800. Earthworks of formal garden, wrongly identified as moat.

See report (S1) in file and architects plans (S2) (1988 and 1994) in file. (S3).
E. Rose (NAU) 16 May 1988.

September 1999. Earthwork Survey.
Survey at 1:1000, extending and amending earlier survey.
See report (S4) for plan and further details. This site was included in (S5) and the survey is also noted in (S6).
B. Cushion (NLA), 24 September 1999.

Associated Sources (16)

--- SNF12655 Aerial Photograph: TG1122 A-C,D-K,M,N-R.
--- SNF1140 Article in Serial: Cozens-Hardy, B. 1961. Some Norfolk Halls. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXII pp 163-208. pp 170-171.
--- SNF58263 Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 410.
--- SNF48298 Monograph: Williamson, T. 1998. Archaeology of the Landscape Park: Garden Design in Norfolk, England, c. 1680-1840. BAR (British Series). Vol 268. p 138.
--- SNF94801 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1989. [Sale advertisement for Booton Hall]. 10 February.
--- SNF94800 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1992. Historic hall on market. 28 November.
--- SNF94799 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1993. Hall that is designed to please. 28 May.
--- SNF9648 Photograph: EGL 14-20.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF58989 Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 1986. Building Report.. Building Report.
<S2> SNF49212 Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
<S3> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entries 1169055 and 1169055.
<S4> SNF59009 Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1999. Booton SMR 7437. Earthwork Survey Report.
<S5> SNF53911 Monograph: Cushion, B. and Davison, A. 2003. Earthworks of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 104. p 209.
<S6> SNF82377 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2000. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1999. Norfolk Archaeology. XLIII Pt III pp 521-543. p 523.

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Record last edited

Dec 21 2017 3:39PM