NHER 16275 (Building record) - Music Room, Earsham Hall

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Summary

The Music Room at Earsham Hall is a small building in the park designed by Sir John Soane in 1785.The small single storeyed structure is built of grey brick and the central three bays are defined by a pediment on Ionic columns. A carpenters shop is attached to the building. It has now been converted into a holiday cottage.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (I) 1152446: SOANE'S MUSIC ROOM AT NORTH-EAST CORNER OF THE WILDERNESS NORTH OF EARSHAM HALL

Location

Map sheet	TM39SW
Civil Parish	EARSHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Music Room of Earsham Hall.
Isolated park building by Sir John Soane 1785. Converted from an oragnery for William Wyndham. Single storeyed, grey brick, central three bays defined by pediment on Ionic columns. Derelict in 1962.
Information from (S1).

1979. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society survey.
Carpenters shop attached. Report on carpenters shop in (S2), which also refers to interior of Music Room (also known as Orangery) as being double apsed and still of 'astonishing beauty'.
See (S2).
E. Rose (NAU), 7 July 1980.

Planning permission granted for conversion and extension of Music Room into a holiday cottage.
See (S3) ann (S4).
M. Dennis (NLA), 1 November 2005.

Associated Sources (7)

--- SNF8808 Fiche: Exists.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 316.
<S2> SNF2648 Article in Serial: NIAS. 1980. [unknown]. NIAS Journal. Vol II, No 5.
<S3> SNF54394 Designation: Listed Building Consent. DNF8982.
<S4> SNF49212 Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans. 1999.

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Record last edited

Jul 24 2018 8:39AM