Record Details
| NHER Number: | 24092 |
|---|
| Type of record: | Building |
|---|
| Name: | Cley Hall |
|---|
Summary
This great house was built in around 1770. It is constructed of red brick and has a black pantile roof. The hall has a groined roof and an ornate staircase. Also of note is a plaster frieze situated in a front west room.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0465 4392 |
|---|
| Map Sheet: | TG04SW |
|---|
| Parish: | CLEY NEXT THE SEA, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
|---|
Full description
February 1952. Listed, Grade II.
About 1770. Red brick, black pantiles. Five bays, double pile plus rear wings each end. Symmetrical south front of two storeys with pediment, modillioned eaves, hipped roof, wide stack centre left and right. Central porch and door with fluted columns, sash windows. Two plain Doric columns to front, two square Doric pilasters at rear of porch. East façade also five bays with central bay projecting. Doorway on 4th bay, dummy window on first. West façade five bays including two early 20th century oriels. Some flint in rear wings to north; wide internal stacks. Interior; hall with groined roof, staircase behind, very ornate. Front west room with plaster frieze.
See (S1) for the complete listing details.
E. Rose (NAU), 20 October 1987.
Press cutting (S2) in file
Monument Types
- GREAT HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TF0444 E-G. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TG 0443/ G, H. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 436. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1373453. |
| <S2> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1992. A Georgian home of character. 30 January. |
Related records - none
Find out more...