Record Details

NHER Number:4633
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of Necton Hall

Summary

Necton Hall was built in Elizabethan style with a chapel and was the home of the Mason family since the time of Henry VIII. It was demolished before the 1950s, but the 19th century stables still survive (NHER 55668). These probably incorporate an earlier building.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 8687 0955
Map Sheet:TF80NE
Parish:NECTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Site of Necton Hall.
Marked as antiquity on (S1) but demolished before 1950.
Information from (S2).

Stated by (S3) to have been an Elizabethan style with a chapel, the home of the Mason family since the time of Henry VIII.

For details of the mid-19th century stable block which still stands at this site, see NHER 55668.
A. Cattermole (HES), 10 June 2011.

Monument Types

  • CHAPEL (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1540 AD to 1950 AD?)
  • GREAT HOUSE (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1540 AD to 1950 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, W. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 556.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Necton.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map..
<S2>Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 80 NE 1.
<S3>Monograph: Bryant, T. H. 1903. Hundred of South Greenhoe. The Churches of Norfolk. Vol XII. p 166.

Related records

55668Related to: Stables to Necton Hall (Building)
MNO4394Related to: Stables to Necton Hall NECTON (Revoked)

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