NHER 13117 (Building record) - Old Rectory, Carr Lane

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Summary

This Italianate white stuccoed house was built in 1832 by W. J. Donthorne. It is one of only two domestic designs of this Norfolk based architect that survive. It has two bow windows and a tower with a pyramid roof and triple lancet window. The original Pompeian style wall paintings from inside the house have been restored at Norwich Castle Museum. This may be on the site of an old hall.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II*) 1050320: OLD RECTORY

Location

Map sheet	TM19SE
Civil Parish	GREAT MOULTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1903. Old Rectory.
Norman piscina noticed in rectory coach house; thought to have been brought from site of All Saints' Church, Little Moulton (NHER 10969).
Information from (S1).

3 October 1979.
Now in church (NHER 10080), coach house is now a dwelling. However the Old Rectory itself is well worth noting; very fine Italianate white stuccoed house of 1832 with two bow windows and tower with pyramid roof and triple lancet window.
Proposed conversion to flats.
E. Rose (NLA).

(S2) marks 'remains of old hall' here though no traces of it now.

1986.
Very fine 1832 wall paintings in 'Pompeiian' style being restored at NCM. Now given to NCM, only survivors of many.
E. Rose (NAU), 15 December 1986.

Associated Sources (10)

--- SNF13387 Aerial Photograph: TM 1690A,B.
--- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 369.
--- SNF60231 Monograph: Royal Commission for Historic Monuments. Recording Threatened Buildings..
--- SNF301 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1986-1991. [Sale advertisements for the Old Rectory, Carr Lane, Great Moulton].
--- SNF8907 Photograph: BMG 6. Great Moulton Old Rectory..
--- SNF83016 Photograph: Gt Moulton, Old Rectory. Print.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF56706 Archive: Bolingbroke family. 1300's-1960. Bolingbroke Collection. Norfolk Record Office.
<S2> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (2)

ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
WALL PAINTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

May 30 2017 10:50AM