Record Details

NHER Number:12877
Type of record:Building
Name:Nos 24, 26 and 28 (Red House), Church Street

Summary

This row of three red brick houses has a late example of an elaborately shaped gable. The buildings are dated to 1776 to 1778 by a plaque.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 8536 3792
Map Sheet:TF83NE
Parish:NORTH CREAKE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

October 1977. Field Observation.
Red House (No 28) visited by E. Rose (NAU).
Brick, with shaped gable, dated on plaque to 1776. Probably the latest genuine shaped gable in Norfolk, the proof that they do continue that late, as Pevsner claimed. 'T H' in clampirons. Originally two storeys of two bays in this wall, with single window on third storey; but ground floor has been altered to one large window. Recessed north portion of east facade has two bays, two storeys (one upper window shortened) and rural version of Georgian doorcase.
Good condition.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 7 October 1977. Information from record card (S1).
P. Watkins (HES), 14 January 2023.

(S2) gives date as 1778, not 1776.
E. Rose (NAU), 27 November 1984.

April 1985. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
Row of three houses. No 28, The Red House, 1778. Red brick, red pantiled roof. Two storeys with attics, 'L' on plan with east returned gable. Gable has one ground floor, two first floor and one attic sash with glazing bars. Two blocked ground-floor openings with flat rubbed brick arches of earlier, narrower windows. Elaborate and somewhat retardataire shaped gable with coped brick parapet. 'TH' purlin-iron stops, datestone 1778. Range to north has one ground and one first floor sash with glazing bars, one fixed casement with glazing bars….
No 26, two-window house and No 24, three-window house to north are included for group value. One ridge and one north end stack."
Information from (S2).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S2) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 14 January 2024.

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • Listed Building

Sources and further reading

---Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1985. [Sale advertisement for Red House, Church Street]. 11 October.
---Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 566.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S2>Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1152624.

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