Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4552 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Old Rectory |
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Summary
A very fine mansion of about 1741, with a central columned porch. The building is two and a half storeys high with a five window bay façade, and has a possibly earlier two storey rear service wing. The garden wall is from about 1841, and is said to contain materials from the demolished Old Hall (NHER 9682).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2787 0539 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NE |
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| Parish: | KIRBY BEDON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
July 1975. Visit.
Very fine early Georgian mansion with columned porch. Outbuildings and brick wall pierced by arches to churchyard. (S1) says good interior staircase.
E. Rose (NAU), 12 July 1975.
Press cutting (S2) in file.
(S3) states about 1740. Brick, two and a half storeys, five bays. Black glazed pantiles. Pedimented doorway has Tuscan columns and Ionic capitals. Sash windows, those on ground floor replaced in 20th century. Deep modillion cornice. Stacks on side slopes. Two storey rear service wing. Staircase has three balusters on each tread, ramped and wreathed handrail. The garden wall, separately listed (but on east boundary alone) is stated to be of 1841, of materials from demolished Old Hall (see file for NHER 9682).
E. Rose (NLA), 16 February 1999.
January 2003. NHBG Survey.
(S4 ) in file suggests rear of building is 17th century.
E. Rose (NLA), 30 April 2005.
Monument Types
- HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
- Listed Building
- Listed Building
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TG2705A, B, H,. |
| --- | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1050463. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, W. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 506. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Monograph: Pevsner, N. 1962. North-West and South Norfolk. The Buildings of England. 1st Edition. p 237. |
| <S2> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1988. [Photograph of The Old Rectory]. 24 June. |
| <S3> | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1373180. |
| <S4> | Unpublished Document: Forrest, R., Hinton, I. & Weinstein, P.. 2003. The Old Rectory, Kirby Bedon, Norfolk. |
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