Record Details
| NHER Number: | 22726 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Old Parsonage House and tithe barn |
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Summary
A 17th century flint and brick house, with a 19th century cross wing, formerly used as a rectory. The nearby brick tithe barn dates from the 18th century, and was used as a school from 1760 to 1825.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 092 345 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG03SE |
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| Parish: | EDGEFIELD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Tithe barn, 18th century.
Brick and pantile, gable parapets. To road are large offcentre doorway, six square honeycombe vents, blocked door and window. Oversailing eaves. Gables have honeycombe vents. South has in square 1 lozenge, North has 1 lozenge. Rear has large door partly blocked in flint, varied brickwork and shaped brick buttress. North part was used as a school between 1760 and 1825.
See (S1) and (S2).
The house is listed in (S2) as 17th century with crosswing of 1830.
Flint with brick dressings; lobby entrance to central stack, 2 storeys.
E. Rose (NAU) 9 July 1986.
Monument Types
- BARN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
- Listed Building
- Listed Building
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 454. |
| <S1> | Monograph: Marcon, W.H.. 1926. Reminiscences of a Norfolk Country Parson. |
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