NHER 39784 (Building record) - Harts Farm House

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Summary

Harts Farm House is a timber-framed house, built in the first half of 17th century, and an important example of a building illustrating the rise of the merchant class of Wymondham. This two-storey building has high quality detailing and a remarkable roof, but received a grand remodelling in the 18th century. In this it gained a panelled room, brick gable walls and a new wing, which may have been linked to a industrial activity such as weaving.

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Location

Map sheet TG10SW
Civil Parish WYMONDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

December 1950, Listed Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Farmhouse. Early 17th century. Rendered and colourwashed timber-frame. Roof of black and red pantiles. Two-storey facade. Gabled porch set right of centre...Gabled roof. Ridge stack left of centre (east) and internal gable-end stack to west. This west gable of brick and with tumbling. South front…roof bell-based...Brick 18th-century cross wing to east, running south: three storeys, gabled, internal gable-end stack to south.
INTERIOR. West ground-floor room fitted in early 18th-century with panelling and cornice. Large-frame panelling with fielding. Chimneypiece in west wall with shouldered and eared overmantel. This room now sub-divided. Closed string staircase with turned balusters and ramped handrail. Roof has two tiers purlins, the upper tier clasped into cut-back moulded principals. Cambered collars. Curved windbracing to lower tier. 18th-century cross wing with butt purlin roof with collars."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 March 2022.

October 2003. Building Survey.
Timber-framed house, first half of 17th century, two storeys and attic, high quality detailing and remarkable roof. Probably three cell plan but stack moved when, in the 18th century, grand remodelling provided a new stair, panelled room, brick gable walls and a wing. The latter, and the roof, were probably for industrial use (weaving?). Later 19th- and 20th-century alterations. Important example of a building illustrating the rise of the merchant class of Wymondham.
See report (S2)in file .
E. Rose (NLA), 27 October 2003.

  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 807.
  • --- Photograph: Printed photographs of interior of Harts Farm House roof, Wymondham. Colour and Black and White.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1291967.
  • <S2> Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 2003. Building Report.. Building Report.

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Record last edited

Mar 22 2022 10:35AM

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