Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10196 |
|---|
| Type of record: | Building |
|---|
| Name: | Topcroft Hall |
|---|
Summary
Topcroft Hall is a timber-framed mansion, with a first floor hall, which is likely to date to the early 16th century. In one gable-end there are two medieval window heads, though this is probably not an original feature. The large wing of 1898 replaces a Georgian extension, and was itself extended in 1960.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 2681 9205 |
|---|
| Map Sheet: | TM29SE |
|---|
| Parish: | TOPCROFT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
|---|
Full description
Timber framed mansion, with first floor hall, probably early 16th century.
Large wing of 1898 replaces Georgian extension; now itself extended in neo-Georgian style in 1960.
Fragments of stone windows and fireplace set in outside of 20th century sections.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NLA), 20 March 2001.
September 2005. Trial Trenching. Contexts 1-12.
Exposed several deposits of made ground including a truncated gravel layer that may once have been a garden path. In addition three shallow features were located, two containing post medieval ceramic building material and medieval pottery and one containing a single sherd of medieval pottery.
See report (S2) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.179).
J. Allen (NLA), 16 May 2007. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 June 2019.
Monument Types
- CHAPEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- GREAT HOUSE (Medieval to 21st Century - 1500 AD? to 2100 AD)
- TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (Medieval to 21st Century - 1500 AD? to 2100 AD)
- GARDEN PATH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- NAIL (Unknown date)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Article in Serial: Cozens-Hardy, B. 1961. Some Norfolk Halls. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXII pp 163-208. p 205. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1996. Village birthplace of great romance. 14 February. |
| --- | 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 738. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Topcroft. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Rose, E. (NLA). 2001. Building Report.. Building Report. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Hobbs, B. 2007. An Archaeological Evaluation at Topcroft Hall, Topcroft, Norfolk. NAU Archaeology. 1111. |
Related records - none
Find out more...