NHER 10940 (Building record) - Heywood Manor

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Summary

An early 17th century timber framed manor house within a medieval moat. The moat and associated earthworks are visible on aerial photographs.

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Location

Map sheet TM18NW
Civil Parish HEYWOOD, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

2 August 1977. NAU air photographs.
Earthworks of moated site.
D. A. Edwards (NAU) 17 March 1981.

Marked as Ordnance Survey antiquity.
Note the outworks or approach to west.
E. Rose (NAU) 1 June 1981.

Manor house within moat is an early 17th century timber framed building with a massive chimney.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU) 1 June 1981.

Moat partly surrounds farm buildings, filled in to southeast and south.
Dry and nettle filled to east of farm drive.
Wet to west of farm drive, and west arm also wet.
Width varies between about 2 to 3m but widens to some 15m at northwest corner to form a pond.
Earthworks noted on NHER to west are not now evident.
Occupier says land was ploughed 25 to 30 years ago.
Moat dredged to fair depth a few years ago.
H. Paterson (A&E) 11 November 1997.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: TM 1187A-D.
  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 304.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Diss.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1049736.

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Record last edited

Jun 23 2017 1:17PM

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