NHER 29816 (Building record) - Primrose Farm, Primrose Lane

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An important recent discovery of a 16th century timber framed building disguised behind a 19th century brick front. The gable end retains a perfectly preserved two bay shop window with arched heads and an arched doorway. The first floor is jettied over the shop window. The rear cell appears to have been a small industry of some kind, the ceiling timbers being smoke-blackened, and presumably the shop sold what was manufactured round the back. The construction is of high quality. The building was turned into a dwelling in the 17th century, when the chimney stack was inserted and a bay added to the north end. In the late 17th century the timber framed barn was erected. Both buildings have now been restored.

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Map sheet TM08SW
Civil Parish SOUTH LOPHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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May 1993. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Farmhouse. Circa early 17th century with 19th century alterations. Timber framed, faced in red brick at front, roughcast at rear, weatherboarded and brick gable end. Pantile roof with gabled ends. Brick axial and gable end stacks."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended by P. Beers (HES), 03 April 2020.

Important timber framed building, probably 16th century. Jettied with shop front, possibly partly used for industrial process. Stack inserted and building extended in 17th century. Now restored.
Barn, also restored, is late 17th century.
See report (S2) and architecural plans (S3) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 23 April 2002.

(S4) suggests that this building's shop windows in such an isolated position were because of its prominent location on a crossroads. The writer believes that traditional market halls had open ground floors, subdivided by partitions and let out to traders.
E. Rose (NLA), 13 March 2008.

  • --- Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Listing Notification. Notification. DNF3336.
  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 664.
  • --- Photograph: 1996. Photograph of barn at Primrose Farm, Primrose Lane, South Lopham. Colour.
  • --- Photograph: Photographs of Primrose Farm, South Lopham. Black & white.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1342536.
  • <S2> Unpublished Document: Rose, E. 2002. Building Report. Building Report.
  • <S3> Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
  • <S4> Article in Monograph: Alston, L.. 2004. Late medieval workshops in East Anglia. The Vernacular Workshop: from craft to industry, 1400-1900. p 59.

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Apr 3 2020 4:14PM

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