Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17845 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Manor House |
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Summary
The name Manor House, given to Lord Roseberry's shooting lodge north of the railway, is comparatively recent. However, the Manor House site is now occupied by what was a school from 1870, and is now housing. The old school building is said to incorporate beams from the manor house, and also contains a well-preserved World War Two air raid shelter. Whether this is the site of a medieval Manor House, or whether the name was picked up from Lord Roseberry's shooting lodge is unclear.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2958 0765 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NE |
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| Parish: | POSTWICK WITH WITTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Possible site of a manor house. [1]
Given as 'south of the church'.
The name Manor House given to Lord Rosebery's shooting lodge north of the railway is comparatively recent. A local man states his grandfather as a boy played here by gateposts inscribed 'Manor House'. The site is now occupied by a school which is now houses, of around 1870 which is said to incorporate beams from the manor house.
It has a well-preserved World War Two blast shelter.
See also under site NHER 17846.
E. Rose (NAU), 19 January 1982.
August 2010. Norfolk Rural Schools Survey.
In 1867 a barn was converted to create a mixed public elementary school with attached head teacher's house by the Rosebery Estate. The building is constructed in a typical agricultural style from red brick and flint with a pantile roof. Since closure the buildings have been converted into two residential dwellings.
See (S1).
S. Howard (HES), 2 April 2012.
Monument Types
- MANOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HUNTING LODGE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SCHOOL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- AIR RAID SHELTER (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Barber, A.M. & P.. 2010. Norfolk Rural Schools Survey Form. Former Postwick Public Elementary School, Postwick, Norfolk.. August. |
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