Record Details
| NHER Number: | 11630 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Childs Terrace |
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Summary
This terrace of houses has a 15th century gable wall but the rest is 17th century. Prior to restoration in 1976 the roofs were heavily warped.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1554 0860 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG10NE |
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| Parish: | BAWBURGH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
13 October 1976. Visit.
L-shaped block between Church Road and river. Terrace of cottages, equal in height along road but descending in steps to river with roofs warped up like the bows of ships. This feature was lost in a total restoration in 1976. Appear 18th century; (S1) claims 17th century with 15th century west wall. Latter not seen on visit, but interior full of rubble being gutted and so not all visible.
E. Rose (NAU).
(S2) confirms medieval gable wall and house 17th century. Blocked pointed arched window in flint and brick gable wall, with brick head.
Monument Types
- HOUSE (Medieval to 21st Century - 1400 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. Brought back to life. 14 December. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, W. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 196. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1976. Old cottages 'saved by stubbornness'. 30 October. |
| <S2> | Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1050782. |
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