Record Details
| NHER Number: | 9971 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Old Hall |
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Summary
Old Hall is situated just south of the church, and has seven bays in two storeys. The main part of the current house was built for Sir Robert Baldock around 1700, although the timber-framed east wing may be an earlier building of the late 16th century. The building's exterior brick cladding dates to the 17th century, as do the tall polygonal chimneys and a fine staircase hall in the courtyard. The garden wall dates to the 18th century and it is thought that the house may stand on the site of a medieval manor.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 1495 9546 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM19NW |
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| Parish: | TACOLNESTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
(S1) and (S2) say this is one wing of a hall erected soon before the mid 17th century, the rest demolished in mid 18th century.
(S3) confuse it with the later Tacolneston Hall (NHER 9971), but the information there which relates to this building states that it was erected in 1670 three storeys with wings each side and clustered chimneys.
However RCHME survey (S4) states that this is a U-shaped 16th/17th century house, with 17th century chimneys, a staircase hall with fine stairs being inserted in the courtyard, the whole exterior clad in brick, and some internal features altered.
Stands on a manorial site (District Council).
E. Rose (NAU), 29 June 1982.
Present appearance (from photographs in S4) is of seven bays, two storeys, central three bays project under pediment; parapet; hipped roof with chimneys at ends, small extension with chimneys, rear façade of five bays, some upper windows altered. RCHME (S4) correct in saying the carving of the ceiling beams is of late 16th century type.
E. Rose (NAU), 29 June 1982.
Details (S4) in file.
(S5) includes the 18th century north boundary wall.
E. Rose (NLA), 17 May 2005.
Monument Types
- MANOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- GARDEN WALL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- GREAT HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
- Listed Building
- Listed Building
Sources and further reading
| --- | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1373381. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 19 NW 12. |
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, W. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 691. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Post-Medieval. Tacolneston. |
| <S1> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Cozens-Hardy, B. 1961. Some Norfolk Halls. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXII pp 163-208. p 202. |
| <S3> | Serial: 1818. Excursions through Norfolk. |
| <S4> | Unpublished Document: Royal Commission for Historic Monuments. 1979. Old Hall, Tacolneston, Norfolk. |
| <S5> | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1302247. |
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