NHER 16715 (Monument record) - Jacobean house (site of), early 17th century cottages and anti aircraft battery

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Summary

'Eastwood House' was a large Jacobean house on this site. Reports suggest that there was an underground passage linking the servants' quarters and the main house. The building was used in World War Two as an anti aircraft battery and it has now been demolished. Early 17th century cottages on Constitution Hill, now called 'Eastwood Mews', used to be in the grounds of the house. They have now been converted and modernised. An early 18th century barn still stand nearby.

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Location

Map sheet TG21SW
Civil Parish OLD CATTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

'Eastwood'. Corner of English Road and Constitution Hill.
Large house said to be Jacobean. Now being converted to modern dwellings. Group of cottages in grounds dated 1630. An extension to the main house of 1778 has now been demolished and extensive cellars filled with rubble. A stone balustrade remains in the garden of 83 Constitution Hill. There is a story of an underground passage to a separate servants' wing. This could in fact be correct. 1939-45 used as an anti aircraft battery.
Information from (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 3 November 1980.

Row of cottages against Constitution Hill are red brick with hood moulds to windows. Two storeys, early 17th century, but very much altered and modernised as part of Eastwood Mews. These are probably the 'cottages in the grounds' referred to.
Large barn-like building to west, probably 18th century? Eastwood House seems to have been demolished.
E. Rose (NAU), 5 February 1981.

  • --- Fiche: Exists.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Unpublished Document: Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Survey.

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Record last edited

Nov 25 2008 11:44AM

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