Record Details
| NHER Number: | 5778 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Flaxmoor |
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Summary
A house with a mid 15th century core, 16th and 18th century rear, and an early 19th century façade. It is two storeys high with an attic, and is constructed of colourwashed brick with a black pantiled roof. The façade has six window bays. The south wall is abutted by a 19th century greenhouse made by Boulton and Paul. Inside, the stair tower retains its 16th century staircase, and the kitchen has beams of the same date.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 9566 9759 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL99NE |
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| Parish: | CASTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
15 October 1975.
Facade alone seen.
(S1) describes this building as having a mid 15th century core, 16th century and 18th century rear, early 19th century façade. Double pile, two storeys and attics. Façade of six bays (but space for seventh - E. Rose, NAU). Square entrance porch with iron twist columns on third bay. Deep bell based roof on timber overhang. Four gabled dormers. Internal gable stacks and one off centre. Boulton and Paul greenhouse late 19th century abuts south wall. Rear pile two storeys cross wing altered 1880 contains kitchen. Gabled full height stair turret with 16th century winder staircase. Mid 16th century ceiling beams in kitchen
with incised decoration.
Information from (S1); NB no details given of what the 15th century work is, or evidence for that date.
E. Rose (NAU).
Monument Types
- HOUSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- GLASSHOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TL9597 C,J-M. |
| --- | 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 261. |
| <S1> | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1342838. |
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