NHER 12473 (Building record) - Hardley Hall

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Summary

This flint and stone Elizabethan country house has two storeys and an attic and a façade arranged in seven bays. There is a stone dressed entrance archway with the initials WM and a knot motif. The battened and studded door is also Elizabethan. A post medieval barn on the site was demolished around 1982. The remains of a small late 16th century building were integrated into farm buildings in the 19th century.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II*) 1050632: HARDLEY HALL

Location

Map sheet	TG30SE
Civil Parish	LANGLEY WITH HARDLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Flint and stone Elizabethan building, with unusual cellar off screens passage. Post medieval barn nearby.
E. Rose, 28 April 1982.

The barn demolished at some time soon after 1982.

2003.
Small building, apparently late 16th century, found within 19th century farm buildings adjacent. Original form and function unknown.
See (S1) for a similar structure at Boundary Farm, Framsden, Suffolk.
E. Rose (NLA), 21 July 2003.

Further examination of hall, see (S2) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 7 March 2005.

Associated Sources (9)

--- SNF49212 Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
--- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 381.
--- SNF9063 Photograph: CBA 3-6.
--- SNF52602 Photograph: Rose, E.. 2003. KJX 16 to 20 Hardley hall 19th century farm building containing 16th century building.
--- 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. TG 30 SE 8.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF72676 Publication: Worsley, G.. 2004. The British Stable. p 50; Pl 48.
<S2> SNF55508 Unpublished Document: Rose, E. (NLA). 2005. Building Report.. Building Report.

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Langley with Hardley (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Oct 10 2022 9:35AM