Record Details
| NHER Number: | 12021 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Dolphin House, Church Street/Market Place |
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Summary
A grand timber-framed building, built in the early 16th century. The house has an ornate aisled hall on the first floor, perhaps used by a merchant. It was formerly the Dolphin Inn. Main building listed Grade II*. A single-storey wing of similar age to the north-east (known as Dolphin Cottage) is listed Grade II and recorded separately as NHER 48357.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 1173 7997 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM17NW |
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| Parish: | DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
December 1950. Listed, Grade II*.
Listing Description:
Dolphin House:
Early 16th century, two-storey and attic, timber framed. Pantiles. Overhang on north. Moulded and carved beams, prick base. Part with cellar. North-east corner and one-storey wing against north-east corner, known as No 23 Church Street and Dolphin Cottage.
Information from (S1).
P. Watkins (HES), 13 March 2019.
Dolphin Cottage (the one-storey wing against the north-east corner of Dolphin House) was separately listed Grade II in 1972 and is recorded separately as NHER 48357.
P. Watkins (HES), 13 March 2019.
Timber framed 15th/16th-century building with jettied north gable.
Ground floor is typical 16th century three cell plan of services, hall and parlour.
Unusual raised aisled hall on first floor, possibly used by a rich merchant to display their wares, as in Norwich and Kings Lynn. Jettied rooms at the north end may have formed a private suite of family rooms. An attic floor was inserted at a later date.
Formerly the Dolphin Inn.
See report (S2).
E. Rose (NAU) 4 December 1989.
Monument Types
- AISLED BUILDING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HALL HOUSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- AISLED BUILDING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1986. [Article on the Dolphin House]. 11 February. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1989-1990. [Photographs of Dolphin House]. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 17 NW 30. |
| --- | 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. pp 300-301. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service. |
| <S1> | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1373524. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 1989. Building Report.. Building Report. |
Related records
| 48357 | Related to: Dolphin Cottage (Building) |
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