Record Details

NHER Number:12895
Type of record:Building
Name:Crossingford Farm

Summary

This building, not to be confused with Cossingford Lodge which is also in this parish, is a thatched timber framed building dating to the 16th century. The exterior has been refaced, but some beams have been exposed inside and a bread oven and brick fireplaces are retained.

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Location

Grid Reference:TM 2146 8384
Map Sheet:TM28SW
Parish:PULHAM ST MARY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

This building is not the same as one of that name on OS which is now Crossingford Lodge.

1977. [1]
16th century timber framed house.
In restorations, around 8" (20cm) deep in rammed clay below tile floor, sherds of unglazed cooking pots, 13th to 14th century, and sherds of green glazed Transitional pot with external lid seating.
Information from NCM.

Owner also has list by Strangers Halls of several post medieval shoes found in building.
Exterior of house, with thatched dormer roof, gives no indication of any age presumably owing to modern refacing.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 8 June 1983.

Newspaper cutting in file (S2).

Architectural plans (S3) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 19 June 2007.

2008.
Plans are in place to modify the entrance porch on the converted barn.
See (S4 and S5) for further details.
H. Hamilton (NLA), 18 June 2008.

Monument Types

  • FLOOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SHOE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status

  • Listed Building
  • Listed Building

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1303443.
<S2>Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1989. [Sale advertisement for Crossingford Farm, Pulham St Mary]. 25 August.
<S3>Unpublished Document: 2007. Architectural plans.. 19 February.
<S4>Unpublished Document: 2011. Planning Application.
<S5>Unpublished Document: Whiteside, S.. 2008. Covered Entrance Porch to Crossingford Barn. Doctors Lane. Pulham St. Mary. Design and Access Statement..

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