Record Details
| NHER Number: | 14922 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Post medieval barn, 'Wherry Arch' |
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Summary
An unusual barn, dating from the early 19th century, built as an arch over a dyke to allow wherry boats to pass underneath.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3494 2095 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG32SW |
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| Parish: | BARTON TURF, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Wherry barn.
Visited E. Rose (NAU) 16 May 1979.
Early 19th century barn built in form of an arch over a dyke to enable wherries to pass underneath. Upper storey above arch, which is high enough to allow wherries to pass with lowered masts, but building is surprisingly small otherwise.
Presumably served Grove House, but was it more of a folly?
Now restored and used as holiday cottages called Wherry Arch.
Monument Types
- BARN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1171476. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 578. |
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