Record Details
| NHER Number: | 15318 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Turret House |
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Summary
This is a Gothick house built around 1800 by John Withers, bricklayer, for himself. The interior is complete with geometrical stair, plasterwork and Gothick woodwork.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3383 0978 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG30NW |
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| Parish: | BLOFIELD, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Gothick house, about 1800.
September 1979.
Three bays, two storeys; battlemented; polygonal angle shafts with pinnacles. Single-storey porch, also pinnacled, with cusped window above. All in red brick. Very good condition.
E. Rose (NAU), 26 September 1979.
Built in 1832 by John Withers, bricklayer, for himself. Interior complete with geometrical stair, plasterwork, Gothick woodwork. Now known as Turrette House.
From (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 27 November 1984.
(S2) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 2 August 2004.
Monument Types
- HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | 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 408. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Various. Various. Architectural plans. |
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