NHER 4655 (Building record) - Old Thorpe House, No 1 Dale's Loke

February 1952. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"House. Early 18th century. Brick with slate roofs. Double pile plan. 2 storeys. Central panelled door within fine carved timber case. Late 20th-century four-light casement right and left, repeated first floor. String course between storeys. Small sash window over door. Gabled roof with rendered shaped gables."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 23 May 2022.

1962. Building Survey.
Examined by Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) when house derelict but ground floor windows already enlarged.
Report notes:- late 17th-century section at the front, section of 1730 behind. 19th-century extension on west. Façade was also altered when 1730 block added. Old windows had moulded wooden frames. At time of survey some late 17th-century panelling remained, and a portion of an 18th-century stair rail in the attic. Ovolo moulded beams in oldest part. Survey made in 1962 when house derelict but ground floor windows already enlarged.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU). Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 23 May 2022.

July 1975. Field Observation.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU).
Has Gibbs door surround and shaped end-gables; late 17th-/early 18th-century building. Modern large windows have been inserted, which spoils the facade.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 19 July 1975. Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 23 May 2022.

[1] Broadland District Council notes that there are internal doorways with the same mouldings as the front door, and also a grand Jacobean doorway formerly used as the back door (but clearly post-1962) with figures on one side and a coat of arms on the other, bearing a faint name that seems to be Ballantyne. One of the bricks is dated 1732 which presumably corresponds with the RCHM date for the first extension of around 1730.
E. Rose (NLA), 17 September 1993.

It has been suggested the Jacobean door comes from Channonz Hall Tibenham, but this seems doubtful.

Planning permission granted 1993 to restore the windows to their original form, and alter the internal layout. So done, see file.
Details and architects plans (1989) (S3) in file.