NHER 10894 (Building record) - Boyland Hall and the Conduit, Bressingham

Timber framed and jettied house of about 1500 with dragon beam, moated.
Built on the site of an earlier hall, moat may date from 13th century.

Late 16th century brick vaults containing springs known as The Conduit.
Blomfield mentions the ruins of a bathing house and summerhouse close to The Conduit in 1739. Beyond the bath house he describes a open square bath with an arch leading to the moat.
See (S1) and (S2).
E. Rose (NAU) 30 September 1981.

See (S3) in file but farm buildings stated to be 19th century of little interest.

Dendro date for hall 1401. M C Bridge.
S Heywood (HES) 31 August 2016.

August 2018. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of excavation of pad base pits for new footbridges across moat south of Boyland Hall.
The four small pits opened revealed no archaeologically-significant features or deposits.
Finds were limited to a small number of post-medieval brick and tile fragments.
See report (S4) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 June 2021.

September 2020. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with erection of detached garage at southern end of moated complex, adjacent to Tinkers Barn.
The excavations were relatively shallow, with the base of a thick subsoil deposit only reached in one small area. As a result, no archaeologically significant features or deposits were recorded.
Only finds of obviously modern date were observed (these were not retained).
See report (S5) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2020.135)
P. Watkins (HES), 15 March 2021. Amended 8 December 2022.