NHER 17214 (Building record) - Old Registry or Colenso Cottage

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Summary

A 17th or 18th century brick house with a pantile roof. An extension added in 1837 was designed as a registry office and is probably one of oldest purpose-built registry offices in Britain. The registry moved to Aylsham in 1850s when the parish clerk was transported for fraud.

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Map sheet TG12SE
Civil Parish MARSHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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Original house of three bays and two storeys. Segmented-pedimented central doorway in moulded brick. Window above blocked. Documentary records of disputes over window tax here. Giant corner pilasters. Moulded string course. Chequered brickwork, about 1670. Extension added as registry office in 1837 to what had been the parish clerk's house, therefore one of oldest purpose built in Britain. Extension is of equal height, two bays. At same time windows in older house altered and overall roof put on. Perhaps rear altered. Registry moved to Aylsham in 1850s when parish clerk was transported for fraud.
Information from Mrs J. Lodey (NAU).

Description from colour photographs in her possession.
See article in (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 7 May 1981.

House built about 1700.
For further information see lsited description.
D. Robertson (NLA), 16 June 2006.

December 2011. Planning Application.
Rear Extension and Alterations to Dwelling.
See (S2).
Z. Dack (HES), 6 January 2012.

  • --- Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England.
  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 607.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Serial: 1981. Genealogists Magazine. Genealogists Magazine. Vol 20, No 7 (September).
  • <S2> Unpublished Document: 2011. Planning Application.

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Record last edited

Aug 5 2016 10:09AM

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