NHER 19103 (Monument record) - Medieval carved beam, Priory Farm

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Summary

This building takes its name from the fact that the Priory of Lewes once owned property here. The present building has nothing of antiquity visible except for a triangular-section carved beam with foliate pattern and a single roll-moulding (style of Henry VIII's period).

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF41SE
Civil Parish	WEST WALTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Takes name from ownership of Priory of Lewes.
Present building has nothing of antiquity visible except a triangular-section carved beam with foliate pattern and single roll-moulding (style Henry VIII).
Slab with ring in kitchen has legend of underground passage.
Source in file. See (S1).
R. Silvester notes beam still in position 1983.
See also NHER 18976 and see file under NHER 2210 as well as NHER 19103.
E. Rose (NAU), 20 April 1983.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF10346 Photograph: TF 4813 D,E.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF1931 Publication: 1936. Sussex Notes and Queries. VI, 2, 82-84.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

HOUSE (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD to 2100 AD)

Object Types (1)

BEAM (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1539 AD)

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West Walton (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Feb 11 2020 3:00PM