NHER 34722 (Building record) - No 63 Market Place

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Summary

No 63 is a house of around 1540, converted to a shop in the 19th century and altered in 1965. This two-storey building is of brick and flint and probably originally had a lobby entrance. Inside a number of mid-16th-century roll-moulded bridging beams with run-out stops survive, and some 18th-century panelling.

Protected Status/Designation

Location

Map sheet TF80NW
Civil Parish SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

January 1973. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"House, now shop. c.1540, converted to shop [in] 19th century and altered 1965. Rendered and colourwashed brick and flint, pantiled roof. Probably originally a lobby-entrance plan. Exterior: two storeys, two-window range. Ground floor with glazed shop display windows of 1965...Dentil eaves cornice. Gabled roof. Ridge stack set right of centre. Interior: ground floor with mid-16th-century roll-moulded bridging beams with run-out stops. Some mid-18th-century large-framed panelling..."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Exterior seen by E. Rose (NLA), 1999.
Compiled by E. Rose (NLA), 3 November 1999. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 February 2024.

  • --- 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 1269563.

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Record last edited

Dec 8 2025 5:17PM

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