NHER 11749 (Building record) - Manor Farmhouse, School Road
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TF92NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | COLKIRK, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
October 1976. Field Observation.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU).
House south of school (marked with 'W' on Ordnance Survey First Edition Six-inch map (S1)).
Low wing against road has an early form of shaped gable, more like a Dutch gable with two shallow steps. It contains a false window in the form of a round-headed niche, and in the wall below are three pairs of blocked windows, not in alignment. Early 17th century. The main part of the house is Georgian with rusticated quoins, not outstanding.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 27 October 1976. Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 10 March 2023.
According to [1] this house is shown on (S3).
Compiled by E. Rose (NLA). Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 10 March 2023.
June 1984. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"House. Late 18th-century main block with an earlier lower block to side. Brick with black and red pantile roofs. Two storeys with attic. Façade of three bays of sash windows with glazing bars beneath skewback arches with cambered soffits. Two-leaf front door with raised and fielded panels and simple doorcase with panelled pilasters and pediment. Rusticated quoins, dentil cornice and central axial stack. Side block with simple partly rebuilt curved gable and gable-end stack. Small blocked windows beside stack, tall plinth and shallow' central niche in gable with semicircular head and projecting impost and base blocks. Main block with continuous outshut and two dormers to rear. Single storey gabled extension with decorative barge board to side block."
Information from (S4).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S4) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 27 October 2022.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF53293 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1884-1891. Ordnance Survey Map. Six inches to the mile. First Edition. 1:10,560. Norfolk XXV.SW (Surveyed 1885, Published 1885).
- <S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S3> SNF57552 Map: Wright, T. & Waterman, T.. 1617. Colkirk Parish Map.
- <S4> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1152527.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Mar 10 2023 3:58PM