Record Details
| NHER Number: | 7854 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Drayton Old Lodge |
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Summary
This ruined medieval house is rectangular in shape and made of brick. It was built around 1437, and was originally two storeys high with a tower at each corner. Some of the bricks were made from chalk and earth and may represent an early attempt to make white bricks. It was owned by the Paston family and was used as a retreat. Partly demolished in 1465, for a time it may have used as a warrener's lodge.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1864 1315 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG11SE |
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| Parish: | DRAYTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
April 1978.
Shepherd's Castle on (S1).
Rectangular ruined building with round tower at each corner. Pink brick (surprisingly called yellow in (S2) and (S3), and this followed by (S4)). Dated by (S2) to soon before 1437. Destroyed by rioters in 1465 (S6).
Southwest tower formerly had staircase, now all gone; northeast tower has brick arch across, southest tower cracked through. Two floors; joist holes marking division, except one in south wall set midway between floors, with two windows - another staircase? All windows small, like loopholes. Large fireplace in west wall with chimney shaft, latter knocked out into a doorway when made into warreners lodge. (S2) claims redder bricks and squared flint facing plinth are contemporary with building, but they seem very like the 18th century. Brick used on this doorway. South wall, the most complete.
W. Taylor, Norwich Antiquary in 18th century, in his poem reproduced in (S3), refers to a vaulted roof, but if this is not poetic licence it has all gone now. Interior overgrown; exterior walls have many iron loops over them suggesting ivy once trained. Traces of plastering inside. In poor condition - bricks very powdery.
Stands in grounds of 'Tudorbethan' nurses' home of 1914, but originally prominent on an open ridge.
E. Rose (NAU), 27 April 1978.
(S6) suggests darker red bricks are 16th century patching, taking a middle view!
E. Rose (NAU), 29 November 1984.
(S7) suggests the building may have been an early experiment to make white bricks, as analysis shows the bricks are mainly chalk and earth, not clay.
E. Rose (NLA), 3 August 1998.
Monument Types
- BUILDING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- LODGE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
- Scheduled Monument
- Listed Building
Sources and further reading
| --- | Graphic material: Various. Various. Architectural plans.. |
| --- | Unpublished document: H. Paterson (A&E), MPP. Section 17 Management Agreement. |
| --- | Scheduling record: Corbishley, M.J.. 1983. AM107. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Former nurses' home goes on the market. 2002. Eastern Daily Press. 28 November. |
| --- | Photograph: A.E. Coe & Sons Ltd. 1937. Drayton Lodge. |
| --- | Serial: 1830. Woodward Correspondence.. Vol IV, p 89. |
| --- | Photograph: Drayton Old Lodge. Print. |
| --- | Archive: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Drayton. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary file. |
| <S2> | Article in serial: Barnes, H. D. 1946. Drayton Lodge. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXIX pp 228-237. p 228, pl I-III. |
| <S3> | Article in serial: Harrod, H. 1849. Letter to Dawson Turner, Esq., V.P. on The Ruined Lodge at Drayton. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol II pp 363-368. p 363. |
| <S4> | Scheduling record: Ministry of Works. Scheduling Report. |
| <S5> | Serial: Gairdner (ed.). Paston Letters.. Vol 1, p 10. |
| <S6> | Scheduling record: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Historical and Architectural Interest. |
| <S7> | Serial: Firman, G.. 1998. British Brick Society Information Bulletin.. June, No 74, p 4. |
Related records
| MNO6004 | Related to: Drayton Old Lodge Drayton High Road DRAYTON (Revoked) |
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