NHER 65655 (Building record) - Lodge, gardener's cottage and former cart shed to Carrow Abbey

December 2021. Listed, Grade II.
This range of buildings was constructed between 1880 and 1881, possibly to the designs of Edward Boardman, as outbuildings to Carrow Abbbey (NHEr 296). All three buildings are depicted on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1880.
The westernmost building is a one and a half storey red brick lodge with a half-hipped roof surmounted by ridge cresting, terracotta finials, and two tall octagonal chimney stacks. The lodge retains its original floor plan and many fixtures and fittings but none of the original fireplaces.
Connected to the eastern side of the lodge is a one and a half storey gardener's cottage constructed of a mixure of flint nodules and knapped flint. It has a steeply pitched hipped roof which slopes down to ground-floor level and echoes the cresting and finials used for the lodge as well as a tall octagonal chimney stack. The 1928 Ordnance Survey map depicts a parallel range with a glazed roof to the east of the cottage. It appears that sometime between 1907 and 1928 the ground floor of the cottage was rearanged and the eastern wall removed in order to create a large space, most likely to house garden vehicles or machinery. The roof is supported by a girder and two posts.
To the east of the cottage is a single-storey cart shed with a half-hipped roof,also constructed of a mixture of flint nodules and knapped flint. It is accompanied by a yard enclosed by a flint wall. By 1907 a parallel range had been added to the west of the cart shed, as depicted on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey map, but this has since been removed and it has been converted into a garage. The interior has a king post roof with diagonal braces and the small room at the south end retains a plain wooden fireplace surrounded by built-in cupboards.
Information from Listing Description (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
H. Hamilton (HES), 19 May 2022.