NHER 1726 (Monument record) - Bagthorpe Hall

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Summary

This was a Georgian brick hall, two storeys high with a small servants' storey on top. There were also Victorian additions. The hall was demolished after World War Two, and nothing remains of it. However, in the gardens, there remain a brick arch, three cellars, an ice house, a stable block and a mound known as Mount Ida.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF73SE
Civil Parish BAGTHORPE WITH BARMER, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Described by (S1) in 1962 as Georgian, brick, three stories (top being small servants storey), three bay pediment; large Victorian additions. Demolished "after the last war". Only a brick arch remains in the gardens and a mound known as Mount Ida. The sale catalogue of 1860 mentions an icehouse - information from Mrs James (KLM).
E. Rose (NAU) 18 September 1981.


As of 1992, the icehouse is described by as an ice well up to 7m (20 to 30 feet )deep, smooth semi glazed brickwork, vertical sides. Entrance tunnel about 3m (12-15 feet)long, uusually wide, formerly had three doors. Formerly trees on mound. Hall long demolished but three cellars remain nearby perhaps to do with heating the greenhouses. One of these adjacent to ice-house may have been a game store.
Stable block still standing.
NIAS records (S3)
W. Arnold HES 25/01/11

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Post-Medieval. Bagthorpe with Barmer.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Monograph: Pevsner, N. 1962. North-West and South Norfolk. The Buildings of England. 1st Edition. p 80.
  • <S2> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. [unknown]. [unknown]. 17 September.

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Record last edited

Apr 16 2026 12:46PM

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