Norfolk House
NORFOLK HOUSE, THE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1030579
- Date first listed:
- 19-Nov-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Norfolk House
- Statutory Address:
- NORFOLK HOUSE, THE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1030579
- Date first listed:
- 19-Nov-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Norfolk House
- Statutory Address 1:
- NORFOLK HOUSE, THE STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- NORFOLK HOUSE, THE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Earl Soham
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 23428 63274
Details
TM 26 SW EARL SOHAM THE STREET (north side)
8/59 Norfolk House -
GV II
House. Early-mid C16 to left hand side, late C16/early C17 to right hand side; extended to rear C19 and 1982. Timber framed, modern panelled plasterwork, hipped thatched roof. 2 storeys. Mid C20 casement windows with square leaded panes; older part with cross passage entry: mid C20 plank door and thatched open porch on timber posts; internal stack. Interior with good exposed timbering, especially at the later end; original newel stairs in small rear extension; small remains of ornamental plaster frieze in the main first floor bedroom. Sandon, Suffolk Houses, 1977, pp.317-8.
Listing NGR: TM2342863274
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 285831
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Sandon, E, Suffolk Houses: A Study of Domestic Architecture, (1977), 317-8
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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