NHER 16063 (Building record) - 8 to 10 Common Place including the Bull Inn

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Summary

This range of 16th century buildings includes the Bull Inn which is a timber framed building with a brick lancet. It may originally have been a pilgrims hostel. The upper floor was subdivided in the 17th century and the façade and extensions date to the 19th century. One of these extensions may incorporating part of medieval precinct wall of St Mary's priory (NHER 2029). No. 9 has a 17th century brick facade. No. 10 (Estate Office) is a jettied timber frame building with a masonry gable wall.

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Map sheet	TF93NW
Civil Parish	WALSINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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8 to 10 Common Place including the Bull Inn.
Range of buildings. Bull Inn 16th century, basically timber framed but with brick lancet; upper floor with good fireplace, apparently originally one large room, possibly a pilgrims hostel if pre Reformation, or else as inn from the beginning. 17th century subdivisions; 19th century facade and extensions, incorporating part of medieval precinct wall? An amount of reused medieval masonry also. No. 9 has 17th century brick facade. No. 10 (Estate Office) jettied timber frame with masonry gable wall.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NLA), 22 October 1997.

Associated Sources (10)

--- SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1039387.
--- SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1171703.
--- SNF49212 Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
--- SNF97807 Monograph: Longcroft, A.; Brown, S.J.; Brown, M.; Barr, D. and Hinton, I. (eds). 2015. Little Walsingham: A study of historic buildings in a medieval pilgrimage centre. Journal of the Norfolk Historic Buildings Group. Vol 6. pp 186-193.
--- SNF58263 Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 599.
--- SNF10181 Photograph: Rose, E.. 1997. HQS 27 to 31. The Bull Inn..
--- 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. TF 93 NW 46 [3]; TF 93 NW 47.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF55600 Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 1997. Building Report. Building Report.