Record Details
| NHER Number: | 34072 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | The Croft, The Common |
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Summary
This is a single storey 16th century timber-framed house with a roof of pantiles and an attic. It is probably a late medieval hall house with an inserted 17th century floor, which has large joists and lambstongue stops.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2003 0251 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20SW |
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| Parish: | SWARDESTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 1987. Listed, Grade II.
16th century timber frame. Pantiles. Two and a half bays and chimney, single storey and attic. Off-centre stack with door beside it, stair at rear. Hall house with inserted 17th century floor with large joists and lambstongue stops to beams stud partition between half cell and next cell with block chamfered doorway. First floor has arched braces to tiebeam in same partition. Three tier roof with continuous clasped purlin and studwork below lower purlin. Small opening now blocked with diamond mullion between cells. Former window openings below wallplate.
Information from (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 18 November 1998.
(S2) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 14 June 2005.
Monument Types
- HALL HOUSE (15th Century to 21st Century - 1500 AD? to 2100 AD)
- HOUSE (15th Century to 21st Century - 1500 AD? to 2100 AD)
- TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (15th Century to 21st Century - 1500 AD? to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, W. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 688. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1050514. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Various. Various. Architectural plans. |
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