Record Details

NHER Number:34098
Type of record:Building
Name:Street Farmhouse, The Street

Summary

This late 16th or early 17th century house is timber-framed with a pantiled roof. It is constructed on a two cell lobby entrance plan, with a single storey wing with 18th century window casements and roof. The two three-light mullion windows have been reopened, and the central chimney stack has find diamond shafts with moulded tops.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 2643 9179
Map Sheet:TM29SE
Parish:SOUTH NORFOLK
TOPCROFT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

September 1960. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Late 16th or early 17th century house. Timber frame, pantiled. Two cell lobby entrance, with single storey wing. 18th century casements. Rebuilt axial stack. Three lights remain of a first floor ovolo moulded window. Interior has intact timber frame with arched braces from corner posts to wall plates."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
E. Rose (NLA), 3 December 1998. Amended by P. Beers (HES), 03 April 2020.

(S2) states that the house stands on the site of a monastery destroyed around 1300 and that a carved crown on a beam indicates the house was a refuge for cavaliers. No evidence is offered to support either of these theories.
E. Rose (NLA), 2006.

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD? to 2100 AD)
  • LOBBY ENTRY HOUSE (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD? to 2100 AD)
  • TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD? to 2100 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • 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 738-739.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1305873.
<S2>Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2006. Walk in the footsteps of Cavaliers. 25 July.

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