NHER 19202 (Building record) - Harvey House

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Summary

This very fine red brick mansion has three storeys and seven bays. It has a massive Tuscan doorcase on the third bay from the east, and wings projecting to the east and north. The main building was constructed in 1720 in a Georgian style but the wings were added in the 19th century. The hipped roof has an off centre chimneystack.

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Location

Map sheet TF90SW
Civil Parish WATTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

August 1980. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Town house. Mid 18th century with later additions. Brick with pantiled roof. Three storeys. Seven bays. Pedimented doorcase with dentiles supported on Tuscan Order columns. Sash windows to all floors with glazing bars under finely gauged skewback arches. Prominently painted keystones and sills. Third floor sash windows smaller. Console eaves cornice. Hipped roof with stack right of centre.
Early 19th-century addition to east of one storey and dormer attic. Gabled pantiled roof. Round arched doorway left, 20th-century window right. Two gabled dormers with sash windows retaining glazing bars.
Rear extension early 19th century. Bow fronted to west through two storeys containing sash windows copied from main façade."
Information from (S1).
H. Mellor (HES), 22 June 2017.

19 May 1983. Field Observation.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU).
Very fine red brick mansion (plinth in different brick). Three storeys with top windows smaller. Seven bays; massive Tuscan doorcase on third bay from west. Off centre chimneystack between second and third bays from east. Hipped pantiled roof. Single storey east wing with round-headed doorway. Full height wing projects north. Wing not seen in detail but Listing gives as early 19th century with bow front to west. Main building mid 18th century Georgian, but does position of chimneystack indicate an older core? Stated to have been built in 1720.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU) 19 May 1983. Information from record card (S2).

Press cutting (S3) in file.
Photographs of adjacent outbuildings taken by [1] for Norfolk Archaeological Research Group in early 1980s. See film BDH.

Norfolk Historic Gardens Survey notes a number of odd brick features with metal plates in the garden wall, to the west, perhaps remains of a conservatory wall.
E. Rose (NLA) 21 July 1998.

In (S4) this building is called Quinton House.
H. Mellor (HES), 10 May 2016.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1995. TF9100/F - J.
  • --- Photograph: BDH.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1153106.
  • <S2> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S3> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1994. [Photograph of Harvey House, Watton]. 10 May.
  • <S4> Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 753.

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Sep 25 2025 1:24PM

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