Record Details
| NHER Number: | 7009 |
|---|
| Type of record: | Building |
|---|
| Name: | Attleborough Hall |
|---|
Summary
A medieval moated site with a post medieval house on the internal platform. The moat is revetted with a medieval flint wall and the surviving bridge may date to the 16th or 17th centuries, as could the fishponds to the southeast. The Hall has a timber frame with some possibly 15th century beams, a 17th-century façade, 17th-century panelling and a summerhouse that contains medieval stonework. In the mid 19th century seven medieval gold coins were found on the site. The moat surrounding the hall and some of the fishponds to the southeast are visible on aerial photographs, along with cropmarks and earthworks of other possible features surrounding the hall, and have been mapped and recorded as NHER 57509.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 05 96 |
|---|
| Map Sheet: | TM09NE |
|---|
| Parish: | ATTLEBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
|---|
Full description
About 1867.
Medieval coin hoard. Seven gold coins of Richard II, Henry IV and Henry VI. Deposited after 1483.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
1938. Stray Find.
Found in silt of moat by drawbridge at approximately [1] during clearance work in 1938 (reported May-June 2008):
1 medieval iron rowel spur.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NLA), see description in file.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 20 February 2014.
September 1952. Drain excavation.
Medieval rubble flint walls, probably part of medieval house.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
July 1959.
South side of moat temporarily drained. Inner revetting wall of moat is mainly of flint and probably late medieval. Bridge piers have medieval bricks on surface but brick beneath appear to be 19th century. Fragmentary wooden pile removed from moat. At least two fragments of 13th to 14th century pottery.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
December 1975.
Present brick arched bridge ?17th century. Abuttment of bridge remains on north bank of moat to west of present bridge.
Present building said to be timber framed, has some medieval? beams but otherwise 17th century and later.
Summer house with reused medieval stone fragments and pipe wasters.
17th century fishponds.
See (S1) in file.
E. Rose (NAU) 8 January 1990.
September 2005.
16th century, altered in late 17th century. Timber frame, encased in brick in late 17th century. Plain tiled roofs. Two storeys and dormer attic. Cross wing to east.
Retaining walls and bridge for moat mid 16th century with later repairs. Brick and flint with flat stepped buttreses.
Information from (S2) and (S3).
D. Robertson (NLA) 29 September 2005.
May- June 2008. Metal-detecting
1 medieval/post-medieval roof tile fragment.
1 post-medieval pottery sherd.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NLA). See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 July 2008.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 20 February 2014.
February 2013. Norfolk NMP.
The moat surrounding the hall and some of the fishponds to the southeast are visible on aerial photographs, along with cropmarks and earthworks of other possible features surrounding the hall, and have been mapped and recorded as NHER 57509.
E. Bales (NMP), 28th February 2013.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WALL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BRIDGE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- GARDEN HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- GREAT HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FISHPOND (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
Associated Finds
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROWEL SPUR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
- Listed Building
- Listed Building
- SHINE
Sources and further reading
| --- | Article in Serial: Cozens-Hardy, B. 1961. Some Norfolk Halls. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXII pp 163-208. p 166. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). TM 0495L; TM 0596L-V. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 09 NE 1 [7]. |
| --- | 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 189. |
| --- | Serial: 1959. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1959. No. 6. p 3. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Attleborough [3]. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Monograph: 1856. Thompsen Inventory.. p 5, no 15. p 5; No 15. |
| --- | Article in Serial: 1872. Appendix. Extracts from the Proceedings of the Committee. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol VII pp 349-374. p 356. |
| --- | Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: E. Rose. 1975. Building Report.. Building Report. |
| <S2> | Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1342452. |
| <S3> | Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1169012. |
Related records - none
Find out more...