NHER 8025 (Monument record) - Site of St Faith's Incorporation House of Industry
The Norfolk Heritage Explorer is a filtered version of the Norfolk HER intended for casual research. Please contact us to consult the full record.
See also further guidance on using the Norfolk Heritage Explorer website.
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG21NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HORSHAM ST FAITH AND NEWTON ST FAITH, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Februray 1977. Visit.
Site of union workhouse. No trace remains of this.
On site is Crematorium of 1936 by Chaplin, an unusual building in a mixture of Romanesque and Gothic details with odd modern touches such as the curving of the buttresses to the central tower.
Side wings with central pyramidical roofed blocks reminiscent of contemporary Scandinavian buildings.
Rather spoilt by a modern glass entrance box.
E. Rose (NAU), 23 February 1977.
The workhouse, remarkably, was early enough to be marked on (S1).
E. Rose (NAU).
A photograph in (S2) shows a very long building with two storeys of sash windows and a tiny central pediment, and various outbuildings - mostly hidden by vegetation and probably not the main façade.
The caption says it was built in 1805 and enlarged in 1849 and 1862; if so it must supercede that shown in 1797.
E. Rose (NAU), 24 October 1994.
The inmates of the Cathedral Close workhouse were brought here when that closed in the 19th century.
E. Rose (NAU), 26 January 2001.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF58263 Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 568.
- --- SNF58 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1978. Inside the workhouse. 1 December.
- --- SNF62177 Publication: Horsham St Faith Crematorium.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF62176 Unpublished Document: ?1985. Norwich & Norfolk Crematorium: History of the First Fifty Years..
- <S1> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
- <S2> SNF8313 Monograph: Standley, P.. 1992. Norwich in Old Picture Postcards.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Find out more...(2)
Record last edited
Jul 20 2016 1:07PM