NHER 32075 (Building record) - Chestnut Tree Farm

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Summary

A medieval/post medieval house sits inside this medieval moat. The house was built in the late medieval period. A floor and two chimneys were added in the 17th century and there are wall paintings on one of the chimneys. A large pond to the east of the house is probably the remains of a medieval moat.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1152667: CHESTNUT TREE FARMHOUSE

Location

Map sheet	TM19SW
Civil Parish	FORNCETT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Long Stratton Road, Forncett End.

1996. Field Survey.
Moated site - pond to east of building appears to have formed east arm of an older moated site.
Probably a late medieval hallhouse with inserted upper floor; the original frame probably dates to c. 1500. Floored over in 17th century when remarkably two stacks were inserted, one to convert services to kitchen, the other to provide two 'parlour' type fireplaces in hall and parlour. A screen wall was made to reproduce the line of the screens. 'Upper Cruck' roof structure rests on first floor beams. Wallpaintings on main chimneystack.
See report (S1) for further details. These observations are also summarised in (S2) and (S3).
E. Rose (NLA), 9 October 1996 amended by M. Langham-Lopez (HES), 8 July 2013.

October 1996.
Moat 50m long, 7m wide, 2m deep.
H. Paterson (A&E), October 1996.

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1152667.
--- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 341.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF53924 Unpublished Document: Rose, E. (NLA). 1996. Building Report.. Building Report.
<S2> SNF87336 Article in Serial: Nenk, B. S., Haith, C. and Bradley, J. 1997. Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1996. Medieval Archaeology. Vol XLI pp 241-328. p 278.
<S3> SNF66779 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1997. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1996. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt IV pp 547-564. p 551.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (1)

WALL PAINTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Forncett (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Dec 21 2017 4:44PM