NHER 7694 (Building record) - Sloley Hall

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Summary

A polite and restrained two storey grey brick house of 1815, built for Benjamin Cubitt to a design by his brother-in-law the Reverend James Gunn, a local amateur architect. The east façade has five window bays and a central Classical porch. To the north is a lower two storey service wing.

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Location

Map sheet TG22SE
Civil Parish SLOLEY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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January 1978. Visited.
According to (S1), of 1815, from bricks made on the estate.
It is of white brick, five bays, two storeys with central Classical porch.
To the north, a wing with hipped roof, of two bays, two storeys.
E. Rose (NAU), 19 January 1978.

See architects description (1996) (S2), historical survey of hall and park (S3) by [1], in file.
In addition to the history in the file, owner in 1998 (when hall was under restoration) states that it has a core of red bricks; it was occupied the day before the Battle of Waterloo (in the same year as the Enclosure) and that he retains all the documents relating to it. Listed (S4).
A good red brick ?stable building to the north has been converted.
The bricks are said to have been made at 'Dye's Hole' a quarter of a mile to the east but the exact location has not been established.
E. Rose (NLA), 17 July 1998.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1995. TG 2923A - B.
  • --- Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 665.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: Cozens-Hardy, B. 1961. Some Norfolk Halls. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXII pp 163-208. p 200.
  • <S2> Unpublished Report: 1996. The Hall Stoley. Report.
  • <S3> Unpublished Contractor Report: Williamson, T. 1996. Sloley Estate, Norfolk. Heritage Landscape Management Plan. Volume 2. History. University of East Anglia.
  • <S4> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1049170.

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Record last edited

Aug 22 2018 3:29PM

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