NHER 16532 (Building record) - Monk's Farm and barn
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TM29NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NEWTON FLOTMAN, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
September 1980. Field Observation.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU):
Timber framed 16th-century house (with 19th-century brick wing across south end). Two storeys and roof space. In latter high-arched collar beams, and old flooring. Second floor at south end has knee braces to ceiling, and studding
visible inside. North of stack massive ceiling joints obviously reused. These also occur on ground floor. Spiral staircase beside stack. Timber framed dairy with brick shelves added on north.
Poor condition.
To east, barn. Very large; clay lump on timber frame; tie beams on arched braces, and solid arched brackets by cart doors. Much woodwork renewed, and part of south side recently demolished for new building.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 4 September 1980. Information from record card (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 February 2024.
December 1983. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Former farmhouse. 17th century and later. Rendered timber frame with colour-washed brick addition. Pantiled and plain tiled roofs. 17th-century 'Lobby Entrance' type house with a mid-19th-century cross wing now forming main wing. Original house of two storeys with attic…Off-centre axial stack. Cross wing of two storeys and three bays of sash windows with glazing bars beneath skewback arches...Decorative ridge tiles and two stacks to rear wall."
Information from (S2).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S2) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 23 February 2024.
See (S3).
Associated Sources (3)
- <S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S2> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1050705.
- <S3> SNF99 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1992. [Sale advertisement for Monk's Farm, Newton Flotman]. 10 April.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Feb 26 2024 12:42AM