Record Details

NHER Number:3512
Type of record:Building
Name:Anmer Hall

Summary

A large 18th century brick great house which may have been built around an older core. The ground floor windows are arched and set into a blank arcade.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 7388 2940
Map Sheet:TF72NW
Parish:ANMER, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Of 1851? on site of Elizabethan mansion? Or 18th century?
See discussion and press cutting in File.
E. Rose, (NAU) 25 June 1984.

Delisted in 1988.

1998. Documentary Research.
New documentary research indicates that the tithe assessment for this site was based on an out of date map. The present hall is believed to have been constructed in the 18th century and the roads were closed in 1793. The hall is no longer a royal residence.
Information from published monograph (S5).
Information originallhy compiled in HER Notes (S2) by E. Rose (NLA) September 2000.
Amended H. Hamilton (HES), 20 August 2024.

Monument Types

  • GREAT HOUSE (17th Century to 21st Century - 1700 AD to 2100 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: TF7329L-S, V.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Designation: Department Of The Environment. List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest. 23rd List. Borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk (Norfolk) (Parishes of Anmer, Dersingham, Fring, Ingoldisthorpe, Shernbourne and Snettisham). Greenback. p 2.
<S1>Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S2>Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
<S3>Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1973. [Photograph of Anmer Hall].
<S4>Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1998. [Photograph of Anmer Hall]. 5 October.
<S5>Monograph: Williamson, T.. 1998. The Archaeology of the Landscape Park: Garden design in Norfolk, England, c.1680-1840.. BAR British Series. Vol 268, p 220.
<S6>Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 180.
<S7>Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2000. Hall has grace to savour. 1 February.
<S8>Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2013. [Articles on the redevelopment of Anmer Hall].

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30492Parent of: Anmer Park (Designed Landscape)

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