Record Details

NHER Number:40694
Type of record:Building
Name:The Bakery, 42 Upper Street

Summary

A late 17th century roughly rendered timber framed house with a steep tiled roof and a wedge-shaped dormer window.The original building was single storey with an external chimney stack to its north end. A northern extension was added in the late 18th or early 19th century, with a fireplace cut into the chimney stack. The south end was added as a bakery in the 19th century, and still retains its bread oven.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 14212 85616
Map Sheet:TM18NW
Parish:GISSING, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Timber framed house of late 17th century date, three cell lobby entrance, but end cell may be an addition to the original. Other end converted to a bakery in 19th century and retains large oven.
See report (S1) in file. (S2) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 10 August 2004.

Monument Types

  • BAKERY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • Listed Building

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 2004. Building Report.. Building Report.
<S2>Illustration: Various. Various. Architectural plans.

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