Record Details

NHER Number:5070
Type of record:Building
Name:Threxton House

Summary

This late 18th to early 19th century brick house has four bays, two storeys and a columned porch. In the early 20th century this house contained Thomas Barton's Museum.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 8887 9881
Map Sheet:TL89NE
Parish:LITTLE CRESSINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

June 1978. Visit.
Late 18th to early 19th century house, brick, four bays, two storeys on facade with central bays slightly projecting, and columned porch. Long rear extention with flint end bay. In early 20th century this house contained Thomas Barton's Museum, later sold off: provenanced items are recorded under their sites but many were unprovenanced, and might be found in the grounds.
E. Rose (NAU), 22 June 1978.

Monument Types

  • (Former Type) MUSEUM (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • GREAT HOUSE (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.
---Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, W. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 727.

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