NHER 11102 (Building record) - Wortwell Hall, barn and stables, Low Street

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Summary

Wortwell Hall is a 17th century timber-framed house with a steep plain tile roof with gabled ends. This two storey building has an off centre brick chimneystack and an external chimneystack at the north end. The Hall sits in a pretty position close to a mill on the River Waveney, within a wide water-filled rectangular moat, and there is an unusual barn built around 1700, and a 17th century stables nearby.

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Map sheet	TM28SE
Civil Parish	WORTWELL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Timber-framed (S1).
Moated, wide water-filled rectangular moat. House is jettied, with two storey porch tower in line with off-centre stack.
E. Rose (NLA), 4 March 1991

To north of hall is a timber framed barn of around 1700, of unusual form, and a stable with living quarters over, probably 17th century with queenpost roof.
Report on these in secondary file (S1).
E. Rose (NLA), 18 December 1992.

Stable/granary collapsed in storm February 2004. Timbers salvaged. Proposals for re-erection (S2) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 22 October 2004.

English Heritage Listing 1951:
Wortwell Hall, Low Street. Wortwell.
17th century timber-framed house, plastered. Steep plain tile roof with gabled ends. Brick chimney stack off centre and external stack at north end. Two storeys and attic (attic windows in gable end). First floor jettied at front. Two storeyed gabled porch in front of stack. Long five window range with 19th century, three and four-light casements with dripmoulds. Pilastered doorcase.
Information from (S1)

October 2011. Planning Application.
Repair & re-erection of collapsed barn caused by storm damage and conversion to residential use.
See (S3).
Z. Dack (HES), 21 November 2011.

Associated Sources (13)

--- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
--- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 789.
--- SNF10022 Photograph: FZN 1-9.
--- SNF84731 Photograph: photographs of Wortwell Hall, barn and granary, Wortwell. Black & white.
--- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Wortwell.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 28 SE 5.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF82493 Unpublished Document: Belton, B. 2003. Original Planning Appraisal In Respect of Granary Conversion at Wortwell Hall, Wortwell, Norfolk. George Durrant & Sons Ltd.
--- SNF82496 Unpublished Report: Belton, B. 2003. Conservation Plan, Wortwell Hall Stable Block.
<S1> SNF56544 Unpublished Document: Rose, E. (NLA). 1992. Building Report.. Building Report.
<S2> SNF54757 Unpublished Document: Belton, B.. 2004. Conservation Plan.
<S3> SNF50981 Unpublished Document: 2011. Planning Application.

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Record last edited

Jul 19 2018 12:36PM