Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8129 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Old Hall |
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Summary
This house was built in 1632, and although it contains some reused limestone blocks and unusual constructional details there is no evidence for any earlier building on the site. The house has survived remarkably intact despite being separated into three cottages in the 19th century and then restored in the 1960s. Reports suggest the hall may have had a private chapel separate from the main building although there are no remains of this building. A barn related to the house was demolished in 1955.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 234 127 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG21SW |
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| Parish: | OLD CATTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1952. Grade II listed.
Manor house, dated 1632, with later additions. Built of brick, flint and re-used stone, with stone dressings plaintile and pantile roof. 'T'-shaped plan, 2 storeys and attics, 1½ storeys at rear. 5 bay facade, a,b.c.b.a., with central doorway with 20th century door. Windows of 5 or 3 lights, with rendered chamfered mullions with rendered quoining, vertical wrought iron stay bars and ovolo moulded hood moulds. Rendered reveals to door with chamfers and ogee stops. Rendered pediment with obelisks at base and apex. Flint plinth and Flemish bond brickwork. Sundial over door with wrought iron cursor on rendered ground with segmental pediment above. Rendered lozenge shapes at ends, with octagons with relief crosses above. East and west gable walls have blocked 2 light windows at first floor and 2, one light windows at attic storey. Plat band at attic floor level. Moulded brick kneelers, with stone finial bases. Parapet gables with gable stacks with triple octagonal shafts. Decorated tile ridge. Rear elevation of flint with scattered fenestration, of 2 and 3 light windows with brick dressings and central date plaque with monogram IB Wedge dormer in roof. Rear service range, with scattered C19 fenestration and garage doors and hipped roof. Range of stores and privys extends at right angles to form rear courtyard. Straight C17 stair in main range to first floor with turned balusters. Straight flight above to second floor. C17 panelling on ground floor at west end, with arch headed panels. Carved fire surround with tapered fluted pilasters. Chamfered and stopped transverse beams. Some C17 boarded doors. Butt purlin roof. IB is the monogram for James Bussey, and the sundial was inscribed "Redeem the Time", and dated 1810.
H. White (NLA), 9 June 2009
Dated 1632, and apparently all of that date though with some unusual constructional features, and reused material. Formerly had separate chapel. Restored in 19th and 20th centuries. See (S1), (S2), (S3) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 23 August 1991.
June 2009.
Proposal to convert the building into four residential units.
See (S4) for further details
H. White (NLA), 9 June 2009
Monument Types
- CHAPEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- GREAT HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Documentary Source: Martin, T. c. 1700-1799. Collections of Church Notes. Norfolk Records Office. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1988. Hall plea. 1 August. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 21 SW 11 [2]. |
| --- | 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 628. |
| --- | Documentary Source: Manning, I. M. A History of Old Catton. p 14. |
| --- | Publication: Willins, E.P. (ed. By Thos. Garratt). 1890. Some Old Halls and Manor Houses in the County of Norfolk.. Pl 19. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1987. [Sale advertisement for Old Hall]. 14 October. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1991. Hall scheme fails. 25 February. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Post-Medieval. Catton. |
| --- | Photograph: FNY 24A-31A. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: E. Rose. 1991. Building Report.. Building Report. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Various. Various. Architectural plans. |
| <S3> | Photograph: E. Rose. Photograph. |
| <S4> | Unpublished Document: Maguire, M. 2009. Design and Access Statement, Old Catton Hall, Old Catton. |
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