Record Details
| NHER Number: | 1768 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Burnham Westgate Hall (formerly Westgate Hall), 1 Market Place, Burnham Market |
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Summary
A late 18th century country house which may incorporate parts of an earlier building.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 8299 4217 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF84SW |
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| Parish: | BURNHAM MARKET, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
June 1953. Listed, Grade II*.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Country house, now old people's home. 1783-1785. Supposedly alterations and additions to an existing house inherited from his wife by Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford (1737-1793) himself an architectural amateur, but no earlier work surviving."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
E. Rose (NAU), 21 August 1984. Amended by P. Beers (HES), 27 August 2020.
February 1978. Field Observation.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU).
Burnham Westgate Hall. 1783. By de Carle after a design by Soane. Yellow brick, five bays, three storeys, three bay pediment. Wings of two bays, one storey. Staircase in apse at rear.
Excellent condition.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU). Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 August 2021.
Tom Martin's notes (S3) produced during the 18th-century have drawings of carvings dated 1565 from "Mrs Harris's house at Burnham Westgate'" from the "east and west porches".
Nothing like this was seen in area, could this be from an earlier hall on this site?
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU). Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 August 2021.
Noted in (S4). See also local press articles (S5) and (S6).
A stable block to the east of the hall was listed Grade II in March 1985. This is now recorded separately as NHER 65233.
P. Watkins (HES), 6 August 2021.
Monument Types
- GREAT HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- STABLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TF8342/AV - AZ, ABA - ABB; TF8242/L - N. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1994. TF 8242E - J. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1998. TF 8342ABJ. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1991. Westgate Hall - advert for sale.. 11 September. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Post-Medieval. Burham Market. |
| <S1> | Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1172049. |
| <S2> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S3> | Documentary Source: Martin, T. c. 1700-1799. Collections of Church Notes. Norfolk Records Office. Walter Rye Collection. RYE 17.. c. 1740. |
| <S4> | Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 228. |
| <S5> | Newspaper Article: Dereham and Fakenham Times. 1989. Villages fight to save care facilities. 30 September. |
| <S6> | Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1991. High noon for hall bidders. 22 October. |
Related records
| 1769 | Parent of: Icehouse (Building) |
| 65233 | Parent of: Stable block to east of Burham Westgate Hall (Building) |
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