NHER 21895 (Building record) - Rose Cottage; Old Cottage; Rose's Manor House

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Summary

These properties are marked on old maps as Rose's Manor House. A study of the houses shows them to be structurally one house dating to around 1600. They are built from rubble flint with brick and stone dressings, clunch, brick and render. They take the form of a hall house with services at the east, the hall in the centre and the parlours at the west. Other features include a 19th century two storey porch with lean-to, a later 17th century brick classical arched door architrave and a much altered butt-and through purlin roof. This certainly sounds like a manor house, especially the stonework, but a date of around 1600 seems rather late for a complete hall house.

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Location

Map sheet TF83NE
Civil Parish SOUTH CREAKE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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According to G. Pooley these are marked on old maps as Rose's Manor House. Does this indicate a manorial site or a medieval core?

(S1) describes as: structurally one house. Dating to around 1600, rubble flint with brick and stone dressings, clunch, brick and render. Red pantiles. Two storeys with four windows randomly spaced on each floor. Hall house with services at east, hall in centre, parlours at west? Windows all late one upper level wooden cross window inserted in larger opening. 19th century two storey porch with lean-to, has knapped flint wall at south with stone dressings, suggesting it replaces an older porch. West gable has stone quoins and two attic fire windows, later 17th century brick classical arched door architrave. Fire window at end of façade, blocked. East gable has lean-to addition cut off at eaves. South wall rendered. Inglenook fireplace at north. Much altered butt-and through purlin roof.
This certainly sounds like a manor house, especially the stonework, but a date of around 1600 seems rather late for a complete hall house.
E. Rose (NAU) 30 October 1985.

Rough sketch plans (1992) in file.
E. Rose (NAU).

[1] states that there are no smoke blackened beams in the roof to indicate a hallhouse and the purlins are through-purlins, not butt purlins as stated in (S1), but there is some evidence the roof has been altered.
E. Rose (NLA) 27 July 2004.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1342324.

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Aug 22 2017 4:29PM

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