Record Details
| NHER Number: | 34073 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Garden House, The Common |
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Summary
This one storey building began life as a late medieval 16th century hall house on a lobby entrance plan. It is timber-framed with some brick, and has an attic and pantile roof.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2006 0260 |
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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.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"17th century timber frame with some brick, and pantiles. One storey and attic, four cells and central chimney. Brick anmd flint plinth to facade. Raking dormers. left gable with loading door."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
E. Rose (NLA), 18 November 1998. Amended by P. Beers (HES), 03 April 2020.
Listed building description is not completely accurate. This appears to be a late example of a hall house on a lobby entrance plan, of around 1600, an earlier feature presumably pre-dating the present 17th century stack. Roof and end cell are 18th century.
See report (S2) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 18 March 2003.
Monument Types
- HALL HOUSE (Medieval to 21st Century - 1500 AD? to 2100 AD)
- HOUSE (Medieval to 21st Century - 1500 AD? to 2100 AD)
- TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (Medieval 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. |
| <S1> | Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1306115. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 2003. Building Report.. Building Report. |
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