NHER 2823 (Monument record) - Site of Gressenhall House and Evergreen Farm

October 1978. Visit
Destroyed in 1946 after army occupation; oak panelling and staircase sold to USA. Information from [1].
Walled garden and outbuildings surviving are 18th century brick; also a 19th century flint cottage.
House at one time had 14 servants.
Now Evergreen Pig Farm.
E. Rose (NAU), 26 October 1978.

Department of Environment in 1948 described this as a brick and tiled house, 3 storeys, 2 storey wing; Georgian doorway with fanlight.
This is noted on (S5).
E. Rose (NAU).

(S1) refers to a house 'near the park of Gressenhall' suggesting there was an earlier mansion.
E. Rose (NAU), 17 March 1982.

(S3) notes that one of the fireplaces from St Anne's House, King's Lynn was taken to 'Sir Ralph Hare's at Gressenhall'. This was presumably one of those sold to America.
E. Rose (NLA), 5 February 2004.

The flint cottage mentioned above is shown on (S4) as at one end of a long east to west block to the southeast of the main house; the remainder of this block has been demolished at some date and the west wall of the cottage rebuilt in 20th century brick. Cottage derelict, to be demolished. Walled garden survives in good condition.
E. Rose (NLA), 1 October 2004.

November 2007.
The former park shown on the estate map of 1624 (S2) is now recorded separately as NHER 50576. The later park is recorded as NHER 51031. The site of the 18th century house was labelled as 'New Hall Yards' on the 1624 map (S2), confirming the presence of an earlier house at this site, as suggested above by (S1).
J. Albone (NMP), 20 November 2007.