Record Details
| NHER Number: | 29506 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Meeting House Farm |
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Summary
This timber framed hall house is situated in an isolated location and dates to around 1500. There is a cross wing at each end but the most remarkable feature is the fact that the stack is at the screen end of the house, the first instance of this recorded in the county. During restoration a number of artefacts including an iceskate, dog collars and metal vessels were found behind the oven. These may be a ritual deposit as putting such items behind fireplaces etc. was common until fairly recently.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1449 2883 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG12NW |
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| Parish: | OULTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
This timber framed hall house dates to around 1500 with a cross wing at each end. The remains of screens passage, and service rooms were observed. Inserted stack remarkably for Norfolk at screens end - the first confirmed occurrence of this in the county. The upper floor in the hall is of same date, probably 17th century. It has undergone later alterations; building partly rebuilt in brick late 19th century. Shoes and other items found behind oven.
See report (S1) in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 26 February 1993.
Monument Types
- HALL HOUSE (15th Century to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1539 AD)
- TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (15th Century to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1539 AD)
- HOUSE (16th Century to 21st Century - 1600 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds
- CEREMONIAL OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- CEREMONIAL OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HARNESS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SHOE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: FZN 12-18. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 1993. Building Report.. Building Report. |
Related records - none
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