NHER 13487 (Monument record) - My Lady's Cottage

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Summary

The site of My Lady's Cottage, built between the late 18th and the early 19th century, shown in a print by J. A. Repton. The house was destroyed by a falling tree in the 1970s.

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Map sheet TG12NE
Civil Parish BLICKLING, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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(S1) shows a building with Y tracery windows, surrounded by fountains, statues etc, but cottage as built about 1830 was different. Destroyed by tree falling 1970s.
Foundations survive indicating one room and two small closets. Named from Lady Suffield.
Decorative details in National Trust store.
Visited E. Rose (NAU) 22 March 1978.

However (S2) gives a very different account, saying it was built in 1760 and named after Lady Buckingham. The fountain in the print is from Oxnead Hall (NHER 3552) and is now in the Hall gardens.
E. Rose (NLA) 1 September 1993.

September 2008.
Material of door, lintel and frame kept at Abel Heath farm.
See (S3) for further information.
H. White (NLA), 3 February 2009.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Illustration: Repton, J.A.. My Lady's Cottage.
  • <S2> Unpublished Document: Maddison, Dr.. 1989. Guide to Blickling Estate.
  • <S3> Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 2008. Blickling Estate, An Archaeological and Historical Landscape Survey. NAU Archaeology. 1399.

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Record last edited

Aug 19 2021 10:24AM

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