Record Details
| NHER Number: | 19103 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval carved beam, Priory Farm |
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Summary
This building takes its name from the fact that the Priory of Lewes once owned property here. The present building has nothing of antiquity visible except for a triangular-section carved beam with foliate pattern and a single roll-moulding (style of Henry VIII's period).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 4835 1367 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF41SE |
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| Parish: | WEST WALTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Takes name from ownership of Priory of Lewes.
Present building has nothing of antiquity visible except a triangular-section carved beam with foliate pattern and single roll-moulding (style Henry VIII).
Slab with ring in kitchen has legend of underground passage.
Source in file. See (S1).
R. Silvester notes beam still in position 1983.
See also NHER 18976 and see file under NHER 2210 as well as NHER 19103.
E. Rose (NAU), 20 April 1983.
Monument Types
- HOUSE (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds
- BEAM (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: TF 4813 D,E. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Publication: 1936. Sussex Notes and Queries. VI, 2, 82-84. |
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