NHER 3099 (Building record) - Manor Farm and remains of St Peter's Church, Wood Norton
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TG02NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WOOD NORTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Traces of church (around 1300) in barn of Manor Farm (17th century), (S1) and (S2) .
E. Rose (NAU).
Early English style style ruined in 1600 in use during the time of Henry V (according to Bryant).
E. Rose (NAU).
Listing (S2) notes conglomerate quoins, house is around 1700.
E. Rose (NAU).
Appropriate section from (S3) in file.
English Heritage Listing:
Manor Farm House, Wood Norton.
Farmhouse. Built around 1700 north wing with 18th century south wing forming 'T' plan. Red brick, red pantiles. North wing with brick coped Dutch gable to north with stack, east return with two ground and three first floor 19th century casement cross windows, ground floor plinth, first floor and eaves level platband. Door with switch tracery fanlight. Steeply pitched roof. Lower two storey service wing, with three arched headed ground floor windows, one three-light casement, two two-light casements; three first floor windows, one sash with glazing bars, two two-light casements. Three doors, one blocked, two with 19th century boarded doors. Straight joint at east marks division of builds. Central stack at junction with ridge of higher north wing.
Manor Farm Barn, former Church of St Peter, Wood Norton.
Farm barn, former church of St Peter. Nave only with around 1200 to around 1500 evidence. Flint with brick dressings. 20th century pantiled roof. West gable with blocked gable lancet around 1200, south west corner with conglomerate quoins above suggesting yet earlier beginnings; south side with Decorated/Perpendicular style door arch, blocked two light Perpendicular style window with tracery head surviving, central cart doors, cut stone lancet. Chancel demolished, brick east gable. North side with Perpendicular style two-light windows and blocked Decorated window embrasure to east. 20th century roof and lean-to additions to north, not of special interest.
Information from (S2).
Associated Sources (10)
- --- SNF48494 Aerial Photograph: TG 0127/ Q, R, S, T, U.
- --- SNF12530 Aerial Photograph: TG0127G.
- --- SNF58263 Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 734.
- --- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Wood Norton.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 02 NW 4.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF94092 Monograph: Pevsner, N. 1962. North-East Norfolk and Norwich. The Buildings of England. 1st Edition. p 349.
- <S2> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England.
- <S3> SNF4550 Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 86; p 52.
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Record last edited
Oct 9 2025 12:42PM