NHER 37599 (Building record) - White Lodge, St Peter's Churchyard
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TF80NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
White Lodge.
January 1973. Listed, Grade II.
"House. Mid 18th century. Painted flint and brick; pantile roofs. Two wings arranged in L-shape. Exterior: north front of two storeys and attic in seven-window range. Centre three bays broken forward beneath pediment. Half-glazed central door within timber doorcase with pediment...Low parapet…Gabled roof with two flat-topped dormers...Ridge stack left of centre and external gable-end stack to west, rebuilt [in] 20th century...East side of south wing is four-window range lit through sashes of various dispositions. In angle between wings is a two-storey 20th-century extension. Interior: stick-baluster staircase with ramped handrail. North range with chamfered bridging beams with tongue stops at first floor. East room with late 18th-century timber fire surround decorated with plaster Greek figures in frieze. Roof of principals and one tier of taper-tenoned butt purlins."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 February 2024.
Large house, listed (S1) as mid 18th century; but west gable wall indiactes a small medieval or early post medieval house raised in height in around 1600 and 1686 (datestone), and refaced in 18th century.
See notes (S2) and photographs (S3) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 4 January 2003.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 685.
- --- SNF80010 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2011. Plenty to sing about in this joyful home. 4 March.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1269576.
- <S2> SNF51660 Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 2003. Building Report.. Building Report.
- <S3> SNF51665 Photograph: Butters, D.. 2001. [unknown].
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Record last edited
Feb 21 2024 10:14PM