Record Details
| NHER Number: | 46917 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Barn 100m southwest of Abbey Farmhouse with detached gable 10m to the north, Church Green |
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Summary
This late medieval barn is built from flint with stone dressings and a slate roof. It takes the form of two three-stead barns built end to end, formerly extending to a now detached north gable. It has a 19th century Queen post strut roof but some detached tie-beams rest on the wall plate with the wall posts and struts surviving from an earlier roof. This building is perhaps part of former west or farm court of the Priory of St Mary and All Saints.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7802 1505 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF71NE |
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| Parish: | WESTACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 1951. Listed, Grade II*.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Barn. Late medieval. Flint, stone dressings, slate roof. Two three-stead barns built end to end, formerly extending to now detached north gable. West face has two massive stone faced buttresses with set offs. Stone dressed ventilation slits."
Scheduled Ancient Monument, County Number 170.
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended E. McDonald (HES), 19 February 2020.
See (S2) for further information.
2012.
Work undertaken to repair subsidence damage at southern end of barn.
See NHER 3881 and report (S3) for details of watching brief maintained during machine excavation of associated test pits.
P. Watkins (HES), 14 November 2018.
Monument Types
- BARN (Medieval to 21st Century - 1066 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 760. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1996. Barn of a place for the arts. 1 February. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1996. £1m theatre plan for historic barn. 16 February. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2017. How a barn on a historic priory site will see a new lease of life as a brewery. 9 October. |
| <S1> | Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1171759. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Fairweather, J. H and Bradfer-Lawrence, H. L. 1929. The Priory of St. Mary and All Saints, Westacre, and Excavations upon its Site. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXIII pp 359-394. |
| <S3> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Crawley, P. and Boyle, M. 2012. Archaeological Evaluation, Excavation and Watching Brief at West Acre Priory, Norfolk. NPS Archaeology. 2980. |
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