Record Details
| NHER Number: | 11814 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Thatched Cottage |
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Summary
This large and tall thatched cottage is built of clay lump around a timber frame. Inside is an inserted upper floor. It is probably 16th century.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 0678 9140 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM09SE |
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| Parish: | OLD BUCKENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
18 November 1976. Visit.
Immediately south of church.
Large and tall thatched clay cottage apparently on a timber frame. Some windows of original size remain; one door has been blocked. Good condition.
(S1) describes as approximately 1700.
E. Rose (NAU), 18 November 1976.
Handwritten addition to Norfolk County Council copy of (S1) adds; Inside, inserted floor with stopped and chamfered common joists. Open brick fireplaces with timber bressumer. Bolection moulded timber fire surround in hall from around 1700. Queen post truss with arch braces to tie beam, probably 16th century.
E. Rose (NAU), 12 January 2001.
Monument Types
- HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Illustration: Various. Various. Architectural plans. |
| --- | 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 1077505. |
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