Record Details
| NHER Number: | 20532 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | The Old Hall, Rectory Road |
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Summary
A 16th century house of about 1500, with a porch, stair turret and an east wing of about 1600. Wallpaintings have been found on the upper floor of the Hall, depicting a flower vase and two figures. There are traces of a possible medieval moat in the grounds of the Hall, suggesting that it was built on a medieval manorial moated site.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0945 3495 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG03SE |
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| Parish: | EDGEFIELD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Flint building, with brick porch and rear wing and stair turret added about in 1600 to an existing building of about 1500? Traces of wall paintings; later alterations.
Possible manorial site, perhaps with moat.
See (S1) and (S2).
E. Rose (NAU) 17 July 1984.
Monument Types
- HOUSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MANOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- GREAT HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- WALL PAINTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 03 NE 1. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 455. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Photograph: CNH 1-16. |
| <S1> | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1152709. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 1984. Building Report.. Building Report. |
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