NHER 8430 (Monument record) - Site of Woodbastwick Hall
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG31NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WOODBASTWICK, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
On site of an earlier hall demolished after being burnt down 1882.
Built 1889 by Ewan Christian, Elizabethan style with off-centre tower, red brick. Contained several fireplaces of about 1725 from Wricklewood, Blackheath, London (information from (S1)).
In new addition to Merton Hall are two arched stone windows/doorways placed there by present Lord Walsingham 'when Woodbastwick Hall was demolished'. Does this mean the whole hall has gone? There is a fireplace from the hall at Channonz Hall, Tibenham (NHER 10937)
E. Rose (NAU) 30 April 1982.
The earlier hall was itself a rebuild as (S2) state that 'the perfectly new house of John Cator of Woodbastwick was destroyed by fire'. The interior was consumed the walling alone left standing.
E. Rose (NAU) 14 July 1988.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF58263 Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 732.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF94092 Monograph: Pevsner, N. 1962. North-East Norfolk and Norwich. The Buildings of England. 1st Edition. p 348.
- <S2> SNF6850 Publication: Mackie. 1821. Norfolk Annals. 17 February. 2.
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Record last edited
Aug 12 2025 9:24AM