Record Details
| NHER Number: | 11102 |
|---|
| Type of record: | Building |
|---|
| Name: | Wortwell Hall, barn and stables, Low Street |
|---|
Summary
Wortwell Hall is a 17th century timber-framed house with a steep plain tile roof with gabled ends. This two storey building has an off centre brick chimneystack and an external chimneystack at the north end. The Hall sits in a pretty position close to a mill on the River Waveney, within a wide water-filled rectangular moat, and there is an unusual barn built around 1700, and a 17th century stables nearby.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 2817 8464 |
|---|
| Map Sheet: | TM28SE |
|---|
| Parish: | WORTWELL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
|---|
Full description
Timber-framed (S1).
Moated, wide water-filled rectangular moat. House is jettied, with two storey porch tower in line with off-centre stack.
E. Rose (NLA), 4 March 1991
To north of hall is a timber framed barn of around 1700, of unusual form, and a stable with living quarters over, probably 17th century with queenpost roof.
Report on these in secondary file (S1).
E. Rose (NLA), 18 December 1992.
Stable/granary collapsed in storm February 2004. Timbers salvaged. Proposals for re-erection (S2) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 22 October 2004.
English Heritage Listing 1951:
Wortwell Hall, Low Street. Wortwell.
17th century timber-framed house, plastered. Steep plain tile roof with gabled ends. Brick chimney stack off centre and external stack at north end. Two storeys and attic (attic windows in gable end). First floor jettied at front. Two storeyed gabled porch in front of stack. Long five window range with 19th century, three and four-light casements with dripmoulds. Pilastered doorcase.
Information from (S1)
October 2011. Planning Application.
Repair & re-erection of collapsed barn caused by storm damage and conversion to residential use.
See (S3).
Z. Dack (HES), 21 November 2011.
Monument Types
- GREAT HOUSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BARN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- GRANARY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- STABLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
- SHINE
- Listed Building
- Listed Building
- Listed Building
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: FZN 1-9. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 28 SE 5. |
| --- | 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. p 789. |
| --- | Unpublished Document: Belton, B. 2003. Original Planning Appraisal In Respect of Granary Conversion at Wortwell Hall, Wortwell, Norfolk. George Durrant & Sons Ltd. |
| --- | Unpublished Report: Belton, B. 2003. Conservation Plan, Wortwell Hall Stable Block. |
| --- | Photograph: photographs of Wortwell Hall, barn and granary, Wortwell. Black & white. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Wortwell. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Rose, E. (NLA). 1992. Building Report.. Building Report. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Document: Belton, B.. 2004. Conservation Plan. |
| <S3> | Unpublished Document: 2011. Planning Application. |
Related records
| MNO9346 | Related to: Barn NNW of Wortwell Hall Low Street WORTWELL (Revoked) |
| MNO9345 | Related to: Stables NW of Wortwell Hall Low Road WORTWELL (Revoked) |
Find out more...