Ditchingham House
DITCHINGHAM HOUSE, NORWICH ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1050614
- Date first listed:
- 25-Sept-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Ditchingham House
- Statutory Address:
- DITCHINGHAM HOUSE, NORWICH ROAD
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- Date:
- 2002-06-14
- Reference:
- IOE01/07521/08
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1050614
- Date first listed:
- 25-Sept-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Ditchingham House
- Statutory Address 1:
- DITCHINGHAM HOUSE, NORWICH ROAD
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:
- DITCHINGHAM HOUSE, NORWICH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- South Norfolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ditchingham
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 33088 91658
Details
DITCHINGHAM NORWICH ROAD TM 39 SW 6/37 Ditchingham House 25-9-51 - II
House, now sub-divided. Late C18, remodelled in late C19. Red brick; hipped roof of black glazed pantiles behind parapet. 2 1/2 storeys, 3 x 4 bays. North facade of three bays: two ground floor polygonal bays with decorative leaded glazing. Later central porch, now glazed in, with good cornice on four Tuscan columns. 2-leaf glazed porch doors, half-glazed entrance door with moulded architrave. Two first floor sashes with glazing bars, centre 2-light window above porch tall with two transoms and semicircular heads to lights; decorative leaded glazing. Moulded brick modillion cornice below eaves parapet; square attic sashes. East elevation of four bays: two 2-storey canted bays with sashes with moulded string course and cornice, panelled parapet with ball-finials. Four attic sashes above. Central chimney stack. 3-bay rear elevation with central 1/2-glazed door, door surround with pediment on console brackets. Square one-storey porch to right hand side with parapet railings; first floor glazed access doors. Lower 2-storey range to west with large square 2-storey bay: C20 metal casements, chimney stack off-centre to west. Lower 2-storey 2-bay extension to west incorporating garden wall with semicircular-headed blind arcading. Formerly the home of the writer Sir Henry Rider Haggard.
Listing NGR: TM3308891658
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 226813
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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