NHER 11028 (Monument record) - Shimpling Place medieval moated site

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Summary

An L-shaped medieval moat surrounds Shimpling Place. To the north there is an 18th century barn. The house is Elizabethan or Jacobean and timber framed in parts with stepped gables. The barn is timber framed clad with weatherboarding built on a brick plinth and is ten bays long. It was extended in the 19th century to provide a bullock yard.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II*) 1049620: SHIMPLING PLACE

Location

Map sheet	TM18SE
Civil Parish	BURSTON WITH SHIMPLING, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Elizabethan or Jacobean. Timber framed in part, stepped gables with angle shafts etc. See (S1) and (S2).
E. Rose (NLA).

Moats described by Ordnance Survey. A series of separate ponds separated by a narrow causeway at northwest corner. Dam at mid-point along eastern arm. Water on either side at different levels. Part of south arm converted into ha-ha. No surface evidence of west arm.
Information from (S3).
M. D.Leah (NAU) 20 December 1990.

L-shaped moat shown on (S4).
E. Rose (NLA).

Moat survives to north and east of Shimpling Place. North arm reed filled and damp. East arm, north of dam wet, broad and pond like. South of dam narrower and wet. This cleaned out a few years ago, with silt deposited on banks.
H. Paterson (A&E) 11 November 1997.

1996-1997. Building Survey.
Two examinations of barns at Shimpling Place. Barn to north described as 18th century timber framed.
See report (S5) and (S6) for further details.
E. Rose (NLA), 26 January 1998.

Associated Sources (12)

--- SNF13379 Aerial Photograph: TM 1583A,B.
--- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 645.
--- SNF89829 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Post-Medieval. Burston.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 18 SE 3 [2].
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF7580 Monograph: Pevsner, N. 1962. North-West and South Norfolk. The Buildings of England. 1st Edition. p 311.
<S2> SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
<S3> SNF57179 Archive: National Archaeological Record.
<S4> SNF57177 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1980. Ordnance Survey (OS) 1:10 000.
<S5> SNF57305 Unpublished Contractor Report: Smith, R. 1998. Shimpling Place Barn, Shimpling, Norfolk. Robert Smith.
<S6> SNF92702 Unpublished Contractor Report: Francis Horner Brown & Co. 1996. Report on Barns at Shimpling Place, Norfolk. Francis Horner Brown & Co.

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Burston with Shimpling (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jul 20 2021 9:27AM