Record Details
| NHER Number: | 16278 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | 31/32 Marsh Lane (Marsh Lane Cottages) |
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Summary
One of two parallel medieval houses. No. 33 (NHER 65423) is an exceptionally ornate 14th- or 15th-century hall house with a queen post roof. The parlour end was rebuilt around 1600. No. 31/32 is a more crude two -torey house, probably servant accomodation or extended family lodgings for No. 33. The brick floor of a possibly earlier house was found in No. 32 in 1980. This is a possible medieval manorial site.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 3216 8927 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM38NW |
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| Parish: | EARSHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
31/32 Marsh Lane (Marsh Lane Cottages). 33 Marsh Lane (Ivy Farmhouse) now recorded separately as NHER
June 1981. Listed Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Probably 17th century. Timber-frame range of two cottages. Plastered. One on west end modernised and rendered. Steep pantile roof with gabled ends. Central brick chimney stack. One storey and attic. Two wedge-shaped dormers. Modern and 19th-century casements. Lean-tos at each end."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 26 February 2022.
June 1980. Field Observation.
Renovation work at 32 Marsh Lane.
Modern concrete floor cur through to reveal layer of broken bricks, perhaps 18th century date, mixed with sandy clay.
Below this a thin layer of dark grey ash and charcoal on a brick floor. This may be an occupation layer. Below this second floor was sand then chalky clay. The floor may belong to a house pre dating the current building.
A. Rogeron (NAU), June 1980.
A brick sample from the floor revealed at 32 Marsh Lane is held by the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1998.125).
Information from (S2).
P. Watkins (HES) 26 February 2022.
August 1980. Field Observation.
Visit to 32 Marsh Lane.
The brick floor extended halfway to the fireplace and was formed of a single layer of bricks set on edge toform a kerb at the west end. A rammed clay floor continued beyond to the fireplace. The bricks were very burnt but this did not appear to be a hearth. Perhaps the bricks were overfired, or the earlier building destroyed by fire. The floor appeared to reach the east wall but this could not be confirmed as the modern floor above had not all been removed.
E. Rose (NAU) and S. Ashley (NAU), August 1980.
March 2001. Building Survey.
Examination of 31/32 Marsh Lane and 33 Marsh Lane (NHER 65423).
Two parallel houses.
No. 31/32 is a crude two storey house, probably servant accomodation or extended family for No. 33.
No. 33 (Ivy Farm) is an exceptionally ornate hall house with queen post roof. 14th/15th century, parlour end rebuilt around 1600.
Possible manorial site.
See report (S3) for further details. This survey is also noted in (S4).
E. Rose (NLA), 27 March 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 February 2022.
Monument Types
- HALL HOUSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HOUSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MANOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1152459. |
| <S2> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S3> | Unpublished Document: Rose, E. (NLA). 2001. Building Report.. Building Report. |
| <S4> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2002. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk, 2001. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt I pp 162-177. p 166. |
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