NHER 34715 (Building record) - Oakleigh, 16 and 18 Market Place

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Oakleigh is said to possess the most imposing Georgian façade in Swaffham, though underneath this the building dates to the early 17th century. This two-storey building is constructed of flint and brick with a red and yellow brick façade and a roof of black glazed pantiles. It retains twelve-pane 18th-century sash windows throughout, all with keystones and flat arches, and the rear wall has two banks of early 17th-century wall chimney stacks with triple octagonal flues, and two cross wings of same date. Inside there is an early 17th-century staircase in Jacobean style, and secondary stair of 1730.

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Map sheet TF80NW
Civil Parish SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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January 1951. Listed, Grade II*.
"Early 17th century with early 18th-century facade. Flint and brick with red brick and yellow brick facade. Black glazed pantiles. Two storeys and dormers, seven bays; centre three broken forward with rusticated quoins, as also at ends of facade. Central door in Gibbs surround under Doric metope and pediment."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Exterior of building seen by E. Rose (NLA), 1999.
E. Rose (NLA), 3 November 1999. Amended by P. Beers (HES), 21 April 2020.

The 17th-century front boundary wall was separately listed Grade II in 1973. This is now recorded separately as NHER 68112.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 February 2024.

Local press article (S2) in file refers to a fire in 1982 which revealed a bressumer dated 1754.
E. Rose (NLA), 9 May 2007.

  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 682.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 80 NW 28 [2].
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1269627.
  • <S2> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1269584.
  • <S3> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1982. Pedlar's house fire alert. 3 December.

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Feb 21 2024 8:48PM

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