Record Details

NHER Number:2430
Type of record:Building
Name:Stow Bardolph Hall and lodge

Summary

Stow Bardolph Hall was built in 1873 by David Barndon, on the site of earlier halls of 1796 and 1589, and possibly earlier. In 1994 the Hall was demolished, but the lodge of 1883 survives and has been Listed by English Heritage. The gardens and park are listed seperately under NHER 30524.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 6326 0598
Map Sheet:TF60NW
Parish:STOW BARDOLPH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Hall of 1873 on site of earlier halls of 1796 and 1589 and before. In garden are fragments of medieval window tracery from a monastic site? and a medieval mortar.
Press cuttings in file (S1) to (S3).
See report in file (S4).
Farm Survey extract in file.
NIAS survey in file (S5).
E. Rose (NLA), 22 August 1994.

Demolished December 1994. Some medieval bricks found on site.
Details in secondary file.

Lodge survives:
September 1984. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Lodge to Stow Hall, Runcton Road
Lodge. 1883. Coursed carstone tiles with gault brick dressings and slate roof. Two storeys and attic on brick plinth in gabled cruciform plan: arched door behind timber porch of two arched bays. Fenestration mostly 20th century with elaborate brick architraves."
Information from (S6).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S6) for the current details.
Amended by H. Hamilton (HES), 8 November 2019.

Article [198.] missing from file [J. Yates, 13 August 2010].

Monument Types

  • GREAT HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HOSPITAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STABLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • UNDERCROFT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
  • MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Undated)
  • ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MORTAR (VESSEL) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status

  • Listed Building

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: TF6305 A-E.
---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 674.
---Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1980. Photograph of Stow Hall. 25 November.
---Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1991. [Photograph of Stow Hall]. 26 March.
---Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1994. Stow Hall to face demolition hammer?. 12 August.
---Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1994. Hall facing final act in a history of change. 18 August.
---Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1994. Mosquito hit Hall's spire (Letter to the editor). 25 August.
---Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1995. Where is it?. 21 February.
---Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1994. Demolition job is ever so softly, softly. 25 September.
---Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1994. Hall facing final act in a history of change. 18 August.
---Newspaper Article: Lynn News and Advertiser. 1994. Stow Hall to live on. 6 December.
---Photograph: Photographs of Stow Hall, Stow Bardolph. Black & white.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. [unknown]. [unknown]. 25 April.
<S2>Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1980-1987. [Photographs of Stow Hall].
<S3>Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1987. Photograph of Stow Hall. 4 May.
<S4>Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 1994. Building Report.. Building Report.
<S5>Unpublished Document: NIAS. 1994. Stow Bardolph Hall..
<S6>Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1077885.

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30524Parent of: Stow Hall Park (Monument)

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