NHER 18323 (Building record) - Flordon Hall
The Norfolk Heritage Explorer is a filtered version of the Norfolk HER intended for casual research. Please contact us to consult the full record.
See also further guidance on using the Norfolk Heritage Explorer website.
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TM19NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FLORDON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
October 1951. Listed, Grade II*.
Farmhouse.
Arms on porch of Robert Kemp and Dorothy Harris date building to 1595 to 1612. Timber frame rendered and underbuilt.
Brick porch and brick gable ends to wing. Some 19th century brick facing. E plan, two storeys and attics. Polygonal angle buttresses with stone finials on porch and wings. Porch entrance semi circular within ogee under pediment. Windows mostly replaced but in gables: three original blocked windows beneath hoodmoulds; one surviving five light ovolo mullioned and transomed window. Some similar blocked visible inside. Some diapered brickwork. Stacks with octagonal shafts external to rear and side wings.
On interior, high quality timber frame with close studding and 'ovolo moulded' (roll chamfered) principal beams. Several original doors. Staircases either end of main block, original treads at north only. Original roof.
Information from (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 1982.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF13393 Aerial Photograph: TM 1897F-G.
- --- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 339.
- --- SNF8602 Publication: Willins, E.P. (ed. By Thos. Garratt). 1890. Some Old Halls and Manor Houses in the County of Norfolk.. Pl 25.
- --- 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. TM 19 NE 11.
- <S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1050698.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Find out more...(1)
Record last edited
May 14 2018 3:40PM