Record Details

NHER Number:15011
Type of record:Building
Name:Hare Public House and village stocks (original site of)

Summary

A mid 17th century brick and clunch house, substantially altered and rebuilt in the 19th century. The building is shown on Faden's map of 1797, when it was a public house. The wooden village stocks dating to the 17th or 18th centuries formerly stood in front of this building. They are now located adjacent to the small green at the junction of Well Street and Chequers Street (see NHER 51643).

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 7655 3725
Map Sheet:TF73NE
Parish:DOCKING, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Former Hare Public House. Previously the location of the village stocks (NHER 51643).

7 June 1979. Field Observation.
Village stocks seen by E. Rose (NAU):
Set in front in front of Hare P.H. Six holes for feet, no hand bars, two uprights, original iron hasps.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU).
Information from (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 January 2022.

April 1985. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Public house. Mid-17th century. Stucco rendered face, brick and clunch rear, red pantiled roof. Two storeys with attics, four windows. Lobby entrance plan at south...One axial and one north end boarded door...One axial brick stack. Clunch rendered and plastered south gable, brick coped parapet. To north early 19th-century, two-storey, two-window addition. Stocks (q.v.) are attached."
Information from (S2).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S2) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 11 January 2022.

Former public house, originally a three cell lobby entrance house, probably 17th century, much altered and rebuilt in 19th century with a large cellar.
Some reused limestone.
Shown as the Hare Ale House on (S3).
See report (S4) for further details.
E. Rose (NLA), 22 April 2002.

July 2008.
The stocks have been relocated to a small green by the village sign.
See NHER 51643.
D. Gurney (NLA) 8 July 2008. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 January 2022.

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds

  • ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status

  • Listed Building

Sources and further reading

---Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 308.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S2>Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1152540.
<S3>Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
<S4>Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 2002. Building Report.. Building Report.

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MNO7401Related to: The Hare Public House Station Road DOCKING (Revoked)

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