NHER 40619 (Building record) - Saffron House, formerly Rookery Lodge, Booseys Walk
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TM09SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NEW BUCKENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
House, fragment of much larger building, converted to lodge for the Rookery. Basically 17th century, part rebuilt 19th. Excavations during modernisation 1986 revealed well and footings of demolished sections.
17th century wall and blocked gateway to north.
See notes in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 26 March 2005.
(S1) in file comes to basically the same conclusion.
Saffron House was owned by the Kendall family in 1542 and enlarged by purchase in 1560. The Kendalls were prosperous yeomen in the 16th century rising into gentility in the 17th. Henry Kendall was given leave to enlarge the site in 1627 and this dates the rebuilding. Truncated and refronted it had become the steward's house for the adjoining Rookery.
See (S2).
M. Dennis (NLA), 11 May 2006.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1077526.
- --- SNF50319 Unpublished Document: Rose, E. 2002. Building Report. Building Report.
- <S1> SNF56166 Unpublished Document: Brown, S. & Brown, M.. 2004. Saffron House, New Buckenham, Norfolk.
- <S2> SNF63219 Monograph: Longcroft, A (ed.). 2005. The Historic Buildings of New Buckenham. Journal of the Norfolk Historic Buildings Group. Vol 2. pp 82-83.
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Related NHER Records (2)
Record last edited
Dec 20 2017 4:30PM