Record Details
NHER Number: | 9509 |
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Type of record: | Building |
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Name: | Bracon Hall |
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Summary
A late 18th or early 19th century brick house with Classical architectural details, which may stand on the site of an earlier building.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 1807 0054 |
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Map Sheet: | TG10SE |
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Parish: | BRACON ASH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Late Georgian, 3 bays, 2 storeys. Slate roof. Red brick. Windows (except central one) with slightly rounded tops. Porch with paired Tuscan columns. Stables with tall pedimented arch rising above roofline.
Mentioned in (S1).
According to [1], it stands on the site of a hall visited by Queen Elizabeth I.
Visited E. Rose (NAU) 9 November 1978.
Yet (S2) dates to 1833. Is this a mistake for 1803? See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU)
Monument Types
- GREAT HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
- Listed Building
- Listed Building
Sources and further reading
--- | 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 211. |
<S1> | Monograph: Repton, H.. 1803. Fragments on the theory and practice of landscape gardening.. |
<S2> | Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1373093. |
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