Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10078 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Wacton House |
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Summary
This late 17th century brick building has a finely shaped gable at one end and a stepped gable at the other. It has a Late Georgian plastered façade of four bays and four storeys added. A large wing, projecting at a right angle, was added later. Faden’s map of 1797 marks this building as a parsonage, and recent research suggests that this is the site of Bretts Manor.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 1807 9171 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM19SE |
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| Parish: | WACTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1979, 2 October. Visit by E. Rose (NAU).
Late 17th century red brick, with fine shaped gable (stepped (S1)) supporting double chimney. Two circular windows below. Late Georgian plastered facade of fourbays, fours storeys added. Marked as parsonage on (S2).
E. Rose (NAU) 2 October 1979.
But photograph in (S3) shows that building does have a stepped gable supporting double chimney in 16th/early 17th century style; presumably other end of house from shaped gable. Also a large later wing projecting at right angles.
E. Rose (NAU) 9 October 1985.
Dissertation by source [1] (copy in parish file) suggests that field name evidence indicates this is the site of Bretts Manor.
E. Rose (NLA) 9 November 1995.
Listed building description 1973 says nothing about a shaped gable, but adds that there is a 17th century timber frame with an ovolo moulded mullioned window in the rear wall.
E. Rose (NLA) 11 December 2000.
Monument Types
- MANOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- GREAT HOUSE (16th Century to 21st Century - 1600 AD to 2100 AD)
- TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (16th Century to 21st Century - 1600 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, W. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. pp 741-742. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Post-Medieval. Wacton. |
| <S1> | Monograph: Pevsner, N. 1962. North-West and South Norfolk. The Buildings of England. 1st Edition. p 361. |
| <S2> | Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797. |
| <S3> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1985-2005. [Sale particulars and advertisements for Wacton House]. |
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