Record Details
| NHER Number: | 19653 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Pilgrim's Cottages |
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Summary
A terrace of cottages, containing reused blocks of medieval masonry, but dating mostly from the 19th century. The cottages are reputed to have been built from the ruins of a medieval pilgrims' hospice, but there is no architectural evidence dating from before the 16th century.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 8163 1513 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF81NW |
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| Parish: | CASTLE ACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Range of three cottages containing reused medieval stone.
Built in 19th century out of ruins supposed to have been a pilgrim's hospice, but no work evident from before the 16th century.
Painted bressumer perhaps mid 17th century.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU) 3 November 1983.
Monument Types
- HOUSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- INN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 1983. Building Report. |
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