Record Details

NHER Number:31732
Type of record:Building
Name:Fen Farmhouse

Summary

A two storey whitewashed rendered timber framed farmhouse of about 1700, the left gable end replaced in stone, with a pantile roof and later additions and alterations.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 0519 8054
Map Sheet:TM08SE
Parish:SOUTH LOPHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

November 1995. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"About 1700, altered 19th to 20th century. Timber frame with left hand gable replaced in stone. Black pantile catslide roof with central ridge stack and projecting right stack. Late lobby entrance plan with contemporary rear pentise.Two storeys and attic. Windows and door mostly 20th century."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
E. Rose (NLA), 23 January 1996. Amended by P. Beers (HES), 03 April 2020.

One might well say, an extraordinary feature and ask how it is physically possible. Is the attic floor an insertion? Also, is the gable wall really stone; if so, where did it come from, or flint?
E. Rose (NLA), 23 January 1996.

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (17th Century to 21st Century - 1700 AD to 2100 AD)
  • TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (17th Century to 21st Century - 1700 AD to 2100 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • Listed Building

Sources and further reading

---Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Listing Notification. Notification. DNF2906.
<S1>Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1242885.

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