Record Details

NHER Number:8638
Type of record:Building
Name:Pineapple Coach House, High Street

Summary

A probably 18th century one storey flint and brick former coach house with round headed doors set in blank arches that reach to the full height of the building. The entrance gate to the building is topped by large ornamental pineapples. Planning permission for conversion to residential use was granted in the 1990s.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 7053 9990
Map Sheet:TL79NW
Parish:STOKE FERRY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

9 March 1976. Visit.
Stable range (belonging to adjoining severely plain late Georgian/early Victorian house). Flint with brick quoins,
round-headed doors set in blank round arches reaching to full height of building, both edged in brick. Entrance gate topped by great pineapples.
E. Rose (NAU), 9 March 1976.

National Heritage List for England (S1) dates adjacent house to mid 18th century with 19th century ground floor windows, and states it was a millers house.
Stables range listed separately but no date given, probably also 18th century.
E. Rose (NAU), 23 August 1985. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 November 2019.

December 1985. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Stable yard entered through rendered brick gate piers with pineapple finials. Pedestrian doorway to right. Stables of brick, carstone and clunch with hipped pantile roof. One storey comprising 6 arches with keystones".
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 27 November 2019.

Architects plans (1994) (S2) and press cutting (S3) in file.

The location of this record has been corrected. Previously erroneously mapped as a point at TL 7055 9989.
P. Watkins (HES), 27 November 2019.

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STABLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • Listed Building

Sources and further reading

---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 672.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1306084.
<S2>Illustration: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
<S3>Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1998. Looking for something a but different. 10 July.

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