NHER 35367 (Building record) - Hall Farmhouse, Ferry Road

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Summary

This early 17th century red brick farm house with a pantile roof consists of two parts. The two storey eastern end is earlier in date and may have originally been part of a larger house. The western end has only one storey and is later in date. A garden wall with recesses for bee hives is attached to the north-east corner.

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Location

Map sheet TG30SW
Civil Parish CARLETON ST PETER, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

September 1987. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Farmhouse, early 17th century and later. Red brick with steeply pitched pantile roofs. Two storey and 1½ storeys. Two storey range to east probably a fragment of a larger house:...Large internal chimney stack on west side on moulded brick base. Parapeted east gable with tumbling-in and internal chimney with square shaft on moulded base...Attached red brick garden wall at north-east corner with a row of six niches or bee boles and brick dentil string course."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
E. Rose (NLA), 15 May 2000. Updated H. Hamilton (HES), 17 November 2016. Amended by P. Beers (HES), 24 April 2020.

The bee boles noted above would have housed straw hives known as skeps. They are amongst the small number of surviving Norfolk examples recorded in the 'Bee Boles Register' (S2), although this gives no additional details - the only source of information being the brief mention in (S1).
P. Watkins (HES), 20 May 2025.

  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1306619.
  • <S2> Website: Eva Crane Trust. Bee Boles Register. https://www.evacranetrust.org/en/page/bee-boles-register. 19 May 2025. Registration Number 1419.

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Record last edited

May 20 2025 1:49AM

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