Record Details
| NHER Number: | 25617 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Grove Farm house and barn |
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Summary
A 16th and 17th century timber framed house, two storeys high with attics. Inside is a good late 17th century staircase. Nearby is a 17th to 18th century red brick barn.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 4047 9486 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM49SW |
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| Parish: | RAVENINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
House. 16th and 17th century. Timber frame with red brick gables, and later brick rear wing. Two storeys and attic; lobby entrance plan with triple pile projection. South façade has jettied upper floor; projecting two storey porch. Large axial stack with grouped polygonal shafts. Brick stepped gables with polygonal angle shafts, western one
having large external chimney. East gable with ovolo-moulded mullioned and transomed windows with brick pediments, of six, four and three lights in ascending order. One rear wing opposite porch probably an original stair turret; between this and a second wing is an infill with shaped gable with oval attic windows. Interior has good late 17th century staircase. Barn: red brick 17th/18th century. Arch-braced tie beams. Information from (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 27 November 1989.
Monument Types
- BARN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
- Listed Building
- Listed Building
Sources and further reading
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, W. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. pp 599-560. |
| <S1> | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. |
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