NHER 30307 (Building record) - Laurel Farm, Skinners Lane

Laurel Farm, Skinners Lane. Possible moated site.

June 1981. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Laurel Farmhouse, Skinner's Lane. Starston.
17th-century timber-frame house, faced in brick. Steep pantile roof with gabled ends. Brick chimney stack off centre. Two storeys. Three widely spaced windows. 18th- or 19th-century casements. Two modern doors one in front of stack. Later external brick stack on north end."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 31 October 2018. Amended by P. Beers (HES), 03 April 2020.

1994. Building Survey.
Timber framed three cell two storey farmhouse, with parlour end of unusually high quality. Evidence suggests a medieval hall house, with upper floor, stack and parlour of late 16th century. Main roof of around 1700. Brick skin of around 1800.
See report (S2) for further details.
E. Rose (NLA), 4 February 1994.

July 1997. Earthwork Survey.
Survey of moated site at 1:1000.
See report (S3) for further details and copy of plan (S4). This survey is also noted in (S5).
B. Cushion (NLA) August 1997.

Management Statement signed 13 June 2000.
See copy in office file.
H. Paterson (A&E), 21 June 2000.

December 2025. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
The sections of earthwork medieval moat (see above) are visible on visualised lidar data from a survey flown in 2021 (S6). As the survey was flown relatively recently, it is likely that the features still survive as earthworks.
J. Powell (Norfolk County Council Environment Service), 17 December 2025