Record Details
| NHER Number: | 7437 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Booton Hall, The Street |
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Summary
An L-shaped building of brick, with a pantiled roof. The hall was built in the early 17th century, (although it may enclose a 16th century building) and it was extended in the late 17th century. An attic storey was added to the existing two storeys in the late 18th century.
In the grounds of the hall are earthwork remains of a formal 18th century garden.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1161 2263 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG12SW |
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| Parish: | BOOTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
L shaped building, possibly encapsulating a late 16th century house; there are doorways of this period in one wing. Externally, early 17th century, extended in late 17th and heightened in 18th/19th century.
Outbuildings include unusual barn, part ruined, of about 1800. Earthworks of formal garden, wrongly identified as moat.
See report (S1) in file and architects plans (S2) (1988 and 1994) in file. (S3).
E. Rose (NAU) 16 May 1988.
September 1999. Earthwork Survey.
Survey at 1:1000, extending and amending earlier survey.
See report (S4) for plan and further details. This site was included in (S5) and the survey is also noted in (S6).
B. Cushion (NLA), 24 September 1999.
Monument Types
- HOLLOW WAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BARN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- GREAT HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
- Listed Building
- Listed Building
Sources and further reading
| --- | Article in Serial: Cozens-Hardy, B. 1961. Some Norfolk Halls. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXII pp 163-208. pp 170-171. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TG1122 A-C,D-K,M,N-R. |
| --- | Monograph: Williamson, T.. 1998. Archaeology of the Landscape Park: Garden Design in Norfolk, England, c. 1680-1840.. BAR (British Series). Vol 268. p 138. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 410. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1993. Hall that is designed to please. 28 May. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1992. Historic hall on market. 28 November. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1989. [Sale advertisement for Booton Hall]. 10 February. |
| --- | Photograph: EGL 14-20. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 1986. Building Report.. Building Report. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Various. Various. Architectural plans. |
| <S3> | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entries 1169055 and 1169055. |
| <S4> | Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1999. Booton SMR 7437. Earthwork Survey Report. |
| <S5> | Monograph: Cushion, B. and Davison, A. 2003. Earthworks of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 104. p 209. |
| <S6> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2000. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1999. Norfolk Archaeology. XLIII Pt III pp 521-543. p 523. |
Related records
| MNO3087 | Related to: Barn at Booton Hall BOOTON (Revoked) |
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