Record Details
| NHER Number: | 18221 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of The Rectory |
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Summary
This is the site of The Rectory, an early 19th century Gothick style house that was demolished in the 1930s. Old photographs show the house with Tudor style windows, a large brick porch and a full-height brick section, rather like a turret, with a central Gothick window.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 761 439 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF74SE |
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| Parish: | TITCHWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Site of rectory.
Grid reference provided by S. Margeson (NCM) from (S1).
Demolished 1933.
Photograph in church shows 'double' house (i.e. 2 gables each end). Flat facade of 7 bays, 2 storeys, with parapet.
Tudor-style straight headed windows. At one end a full-height brick section like a flat turret with central Gothic window.
Large brick angle-pilastered porch. Genuine early 16th century, or Gothick?
In all, probably latter, around 1820. Genuine origin cannot be ruled out.
E. Rose (NAU) 30 June 1982.
Monument Types
- HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- VICARAGE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883. First edition six inch map. |
Related records - none
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