Record Details
| NHER Number: | 12478 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Stone House Farm |
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Summary
Stone House Farm was a 17th century building with earlier remains incorporated. Some records suggest this was the site of the medieval manor of Middle Harling. The building was demolished before 1978.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 963 852 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL98NE |
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| Parish: | HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Stone House Farm is a 17th century building with earlier remains incorporated.
Information from (S1).
27 July 1978. Visit.
Farmer tells writer that this building was pulled down many years ago. Present farmhouse is small cottage to northwest said to be 18th century but with no external dateable features.
E. Rose (NAU), 27 July 1978.
(S2) quotes (S3) as showing drawing of house, but with no dateable features visible; reference to 'late Tudor type' windows. Photograph around 1908 in Colman and Rye C/HAR 9682 of same building called 'Stonegate Farm, originally manor house of Middle Harling'. Informant doubts the manorial status.
E. Rose (NAU), 6 February 1984.
Monument Types
- MANOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Publication: Messent, C. J. W. 1928. The Old Cottages and Farm-houses of Norfolk. p 25. |
| <S1> | Archive: Bolingbroke Collection. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Davison, A. J. 1983. The Distribution of Medieval Settlements in West Harling. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXVIII Pt III pp 329-336. p 336, footnote. |
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