NHER 34721 (Building record) - Greyhound Inn, Market Place

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Summary

The Greyhound Inn retains bridging beams and wall-plates in the gournd floor north room, along with carved wave and hollow mouldings which indicate a date of around 1520. The building was extended to the south in 1740, and is of brick and flint. There is a 19th century wing at the rear, and to the north a two storey range constructed in 1740 of Flemish bond. Inside there is a 17th century brick fireplace and 18th century groin vaulted cellars.

Protected Status/Designation

Location

Map sheet TF80NW
Civil Parish SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

January 1973. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"House, now public house. Early 16th century, extended to south c.1740. Rendered and colourwashed brick and flint. Pantiled roofs.
Exterior: Two storeys. Four-window range. Two half-glazed doors with stuccoed brick doorcases carrying plain entablatures...Gabled roof. 19th-century ridge stack over right-hand doorway; internal gable-end stack to north. Rear with three-storey 19th-century wing, a three-window range, partly rebuilt [in] mid 20th century. To north a two-storey range of c.1740…Interior: groin-vaulted 18th-century brick cellars, the vaults on two square brick piers. 16th-century part to north has at ground floor three bays of bridging beams with wave and hollow mouldings, roll-moulded wall plates with fillets, and joists with roll and hollow mouldings. Wide fireplace to south with some 17th-century brick."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 22 February 2024.

...As the ground floor is specified, wall plates must mean midwall rails.
Exterior seen by E. Rose (NLA), 1999.
Compiled by E. Rose (NLA), 3 November 1999.

  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 681.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1269569.

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Record last edited

Feb 22 2024 2:32AM

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