NHER 14207 (Find Spot record) - Medieval tracery from Norwich Cathedral, Ketteringham Hall gardens

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Summary

Fragments of Perpendicular tracery taken from the west window of Norwich Cathedral during restoration in the 1870s. The fragments are set on a flint and brick wall in the gardens of Ketteringham Hall.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG10SE
Civil Parish KETTERINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Perpendicular tracery, said to have come from the west window of Norwich Cathedral when it was restored.
Arranged along the top of a flint and brick 'ruined' wall with a doorway.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU) 8 November 1978.

R. Willatts (NCC) states that examination of Jeykell correspondence in Norfolk Record Office has produced no reference to the cathedral; this ruin is described as 'from a Norwich church' and she thinks it probable that he would have mentioned the cathedral if it had come from there.
E. Rose (NAU) 2 February 1987.

However it has now been established that this is definitely the west window of the cathedral, of which Sir F.Boileau acquired the tracery and iron bars, though it was brought here in 1878 not 1851 as (S1) states.
See (S2) quoted in (S3).
E. Rose (NAU) 18 February 1994.

  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 456.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Ketteringham.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. NHERs 9499 and 14207.
  • <S1> Monograph: Pevsner, N. 1962. North-West and South Norfolk. The Buildings of England. 1st Edition. p 219.
  • <S2> Publication: Dean and Chapter of Norwich Cathedral. 1874-1881. Chapter orders re restoration of west front (Norwich Cathedral).
  • <S3> Article in Serial: McAleer, J. P. 1993. The Façade of Norwich Cathedral: The Nineteenth-Century Restorations. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol LXI Pt IV pp 381-409. p 407.
  • ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Jul 21 2018 10:28PM

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