NHER 6851 (Building record) - Bridge Farmhouse and associated buildings

The Norfolk Heritage Explorer is a filtered version of the Norfolk HER intended for casual research. Please contact us to consult the full record.

Summary

Bridge House, also known as Lingate House, was built around 1835 and modified shortly afterwards. It is a copy of an earlier Queen Anne style of house which stood on this site, and is constructed of brick with a pantile roof in two storeys with five bays. The associated buildings were built at the same time, and are thought important for their organisation.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1373421: BRIDGE FARMHOUSE

Location

Map sheet	TG23SE
Civil Parish	SWAFIELD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

Full Description

Lingate House.

1700 AD according to the Ordnance Survey (S1).

Listing 1986 describes this building as Bridge Farmhouse (for reference see Bridge Farm to east on 6inch OS (S2)) and says it is a mid 19th century copy in Queen Anne style of house formerly on site. Brick, pantiled. Two storeys five bays. Central door within rusticated brick quoins terminating in Corinthian capitals. Rusticated quoins to corners of facade. String course below upper windows. Hipped roof with two symmetrical stacks.
Information from (S3).
E. Rose (NAU), 13 August 1986.

UEA farm survey (in file) of farm buildings describes as group of buildings built around 1835 and modified soon after and important for their organisation.
E. Rose (NLA), 24 August 1993.

Associated Sources (7)

--- SNF58263 Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 684.
--- SNF89829 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Post-Medieval. Antingham.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 23 SE 6.
<S2> SNF48659 Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map..
<S3> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1373421.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (0)

Related NHER Records (0)

Find out more...(1)

Swafield (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Mar 29 2019 8:46AM