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Record Details

NHER Number:17238
Type of record:Building
Name:Hall Farm, formerly West Dairy Farm, formerly Newton Hall, and barn

Summary

The farmhouse was built as a later medieval crownpost hall. It was floored and extended in the 17th century and heightened in the 18th or 19th century. The hall was presumably connected with the adjacent moated site NHER 25678, and the barn. The house was shown as a gentleman's seat on Faden's map of Norfolk published in 1797. The barn is a 15th century timber framed building on a brick plinth with a double queen post roof. Medieval barns of such good quality are rare and are normally related to ecclesiastical or monastic institutions.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 2195 9918
Map Sheet:TM29NW
Parish:NEWTON FLOTMAN, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Farmhouse (Grade II) 16th century?
Magnificent barn, pre 17th century, perhaps medieval. Was in bad condition.
Now Listed Grade II.
Upgraded II*.
For full details see (S1) in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 12 May 1981.

Drawn survey of barn, dated as 15th century, in file.
15th century timber framed building on a brick plinth with a double queen post roof. Medieval barns of such good quality are rare and are normally related to ecclesiastical or monastic institutions.
See (S2).
E. Rose (NAU), 25 July 1990.

Architects drawings (pre 1992) as large rolled plans.
E. Rose (NAU).

1992.
Building under restoration.
E. Rose (NLA).

1997. Examination of house.
Showed it to be a later medieval crownpost hall, floored and extended in the 17th century and heightened in the 18th/ 19th. Presumably connected with adjacent moated site NHER 25678, and the barn. (S3) still shows this as a gentleman's seat in 1797.
See report (S4) for further details. These observations are also noted in (S5).
E. Rose (NLA), 14 March 1997.

15 October 1993. NLA air photography.
Site can be determined but buildings are not visible due to trees.
H. Clare (NLA), 21 February 2001.

2007. Many windows removed and replaced by UPVC without planning consent. Enforcement authorised.
E. Rose (NLA), 19 July 2007.

Monument Types

  • BARN (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HALL HOUSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HOUSE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • GREAT HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • Listed Building
  • Listed Building
  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: TM2199 A,B.
---Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1988. Move to protect ancient barn. 3 December.
---Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1050707.
---Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1993. TM 2299H.
---Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1990-1992. [Articles on the cutting rafters at Gunton Sawmill for the restoration project at Dairy Farm Barn].
---Unpublished Document: Dairy Farm Barn, Shotesham Park, Newton Flotman..
---Unpublished Document: 1992. Norfolk County Council Annual Report.. November.
---Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1992. Restorers take up challenge. 15 January.
---Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 563; Pl 62.
---Photograph: Photogarphs of Hall Farm Barn, formally West Dairy Farm Barn, Newton Flotman. Black and white, and colour.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---*Rolled Plan: Large Plan Exists.
---Photograph: Rose, E.. BVW 11-13 Newton Hall Barn..
---Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
<S1>Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 1981. Building Report. Building Report.
<S2>Unpublished Document: Heywood, S. 1990. Dairy Farm Barn, Shotesham Park, Newton Flotman, Explanatory Notes to Accompany Drawings.. 16 May.
<S3>Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
<S4>Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 1997. Building Report. Building Report.
<S5>Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1998. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1997. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt I pp 193-210. p 201.

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