Record Details

NHER Number:17026
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of Crossways

Summary

The site of a large 16th or early 17th century house that was in ruins by 1963. An old photograph shows it to have been two storeys high with two wings projecting from the façade.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 8982 9485
Map Sheet:TL89SE
Parish:TOTTINGTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

12 April 1963. House, in ruins.
Slide shows distant view of a large house in ruins with pedimented windows on two facades, two storeys, possibly with projecting wings. Late 16th or early 17th century.
E. Rose (NAU), 9 February 1981.

A photograph at West Tofts Camp shows this was a half H shaped house of two storeys; two wings projected from the façade, each one bay wide with pedimented windows; there were three bays between these each having mullioned and transomed windows on the outer bays. The central bay had a doorway with slit above. Three sets of triple polygonal
stacks, one each to the wings and main block.
E. Rose (NAU), 26 January 1995.

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: TL 8995B.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Slide: Various. Slide.

Related records - none

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