Record Details
| NHER Number: | 13779 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Yaxham House (formerly Rectory) |
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Summary
Built as the rectory by Robert Lagar in 1822 for the Reverend John Johnson, this is a two storey colourwashed brick building in the style of an Italianate villa, with slate roofs. The symmetrical entrance façade has three window bays, the outer ones projecting slightly under pediments, and a large central entrance porch on pairs of Greek Doric columns. Inside, the chimneypiece was painted by William Blake from a painting by Cowper (Johnson's cousin), though the remaining fragments of these are thought to have been moved.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0083 1078 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG01SW |
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| Parish: | YAXHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
June 1978. Visited.
1822 by Robert Lugar.
Façade in three bays, two storeys; outer bays with gables, central bay recessed with porch on two pairs of Doric columns. Projecting bay on south and attachments to north.
Excellent condition.
Chimney piece painted by William Blake; two surviving fragments in Vaughan-Johnson Will Trust (Pevsner (S1) from Croft-Murray). Listed (S2).
E. Rose (NAU), 21 June 1978.
Monument Types
- HOUSE (19th Century to 21st Century - 1822 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. p 809. |
| <S1> | Monograph: Pevsner, N. 1962. North-West and South Norfolk. The Buildings of England. 1st Edition. p 399. |
| <S2> | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1986. |
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