Record Details
| NHER Number: | 16724 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Church Farmhouse |
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Summary
A late 17th or early 18th century brick house that was extended in the late 19th century. The house has a central two-storey porch with a curved gable.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0909 0565 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG00NE |
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| Parish: | KIMBERLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Red brick.
2 storeys, 3 bays including central porch tower with unusual form of shaped gable above an octofoil.
Wooden cross windows.
Late 17th century, presumably including the porch gable though this is odd.
19th century extension to north.
Visied by E. Rose (NAU), 10 November 1980.
1983.
(S1) adds; gable end remains of contemporary, wider side extension but remainder of rear wing rebuilt in 1881.
Dates main building to 18th rather than late 17th and says octofoil is a cinquefoil.
E. Rose (NAU), 18 March 1985.
2002.
West gable of house seen from distance when inspecting adjacent barn.
Central tapering stack has two roof slopes of differing date and pitch built up against it, one on each side, both of late date; suggesting original house was single storey with tall stack.
E. Rose (NLA), 28 January 2002.
March 2011. Planning Application.
Application to demolish the 19th Century lean-to storage building and alterations and extentions to farm house.
See (S2).
Z. Dack (HES), 21 April 2011.
Monument Types
- FARMHOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 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 240. |
| <S1> | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1050745. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Document: 2011. Planning Application. |
Related records
| 36798 | Related to: Church Farm Barn (Building) |
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