NHER 9716 (Building record) - Gowthorpe Manor, Swardeston

It is known that the Styward family held the manor here and constructed a timber-framed house around 1520 running north to south. Later in the 16th century, possibly in 1574 when the porches were built, it was enclosed in brick and altered. In the early 17th century, before Thomas Berney bought the house around 1630, a T-shaped east range was built and connected by a two store section. The main ground floor rooms were converted in the 18th century into a single space, but the 16th century main block roof survives as does the 17th century east wing roof. In the garden stands a 17th century gazebo and a good 17th century barn of around 1650.