Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3998 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Porch House |
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Summary
An elaborate early 17th century house, with brick pilasters, pedimented windows and a decorative porch, as well as 18th and 19th century alterations.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 2918 9927 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM29NE |
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| Parish: | BROOKE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Very elaborate L shaped brick house of about 1620, one wing being the kitchen, the other having abandoned the parlour/hall distinction.
Pediemented windows, pilasters and other ornate architectural details.
Some 18th/19th century alteration and 20th century extension.
See (S1), which suggests a more complicated origin to the house.
E. Rose (NLA) 30 March 1999.
Monument Types
- COACH HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- GABLED HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: JJX 6-8. |
| --- | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1372848. |
| --- | Illustration: Various. Various. Architectural plans. |
| --- | Unpublished Document: Carter, A.. 1987. Building Survey. |
| --- | 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 222. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Unpublished Report: Brooke Society. 1986. Porch House, Brooke, Norfolk. Brooke Society Report. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Rose, E. (NLA). 1999. Building Report.. Building Report. |
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