NHER 42860 (Building record) - St John's Farmhouse

November 1954. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Built as farmhouse, but now without a farm. Early 18th century. Whitewashed brick and thatched roof. Lobby entrance plan. North side is facade. One storey and dormer attic in three irregular bays. Central 20th-century door behind 20th-century hipped portico porch. Porch roof is thatched. Door flanked by pilasters with block capitals...Gabled roof with one hipped dormer...Gable heads carried on kneelers. Ridge stack over door. Gable heads with multiple tumbling…Two-storey gabled and pantiled cross wing extends south from west end of façade….Rear retains one pilaster with block capital. The other removed when early 20th-century extension was constructed."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 16 January 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 October 2022.

August 2006. Building Survey.
Examined by Norfolk Historic Buildings Group:
The farm is north facing and constructed from brick with gable ends of 'tumbled' brickwork. The roof is reed thatch and there is a later thatched porch over the central doorway with brick pilasters on either side of the door, which may be original as the sill seems to be continuous around them. The lobby entrance, one and a half storeys, narrow bricks and brick gables seem to indicate that the building is mid to late 17th century. The house appears to have been updated in the early 19th century with a new ground floor fireplace, brick built extension to the east and pine detailing on the first floor. The owner has evidence of rent being paid in 1710.
See report (S2) for further details.
S. Howard (NLA), 10 November 2009.