Fincham Hall
FINCHAM HALL, SWAFFHAM ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1152126
- Date first listed:
- 26-Apr-1985
- Statutory Address:
- FINCHAM HALL, SWAFFHAM ROAD
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- Reference:
- IOE01/05895/05
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1152126
- Date first listed:
- 26-Apr-1985
- Statutory Address 1:
- FINCHAM HALL, SWAFFHAM ROAD
Location
- Statutory Address:
- FINCHAM HALL, SWAFFHAM ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Fincham
- National Grid Reference:
- TF 69443 06500
Details
TF 60 NE FINCHAM SWAFFHAM ROAD
5/23 Fincham Hall
G.V. II*
Manor House. c.1500, remodelled late C16 and C19. Brick, clunch and ashlar dressings. Roofs of plain tiles. North front of 2-3 storeys. A composition of 3 gables with polygonal brick tower at north-east corner. Tower c.1500 : arched door to ground floor which is lit by cinquefoiled arched lights. Upper floor with arched lights below square hood moulds on labels. Machicolated cinquefoil frieze below string course and stepped battlemented parapet. Facade with renewed hollow chamfered 3 and 4-light cross casements of rendered brick. Blocked 2-light casement in west cross gable. C19 battlemented entrance porch between cross gables with arched entrance beneath square hood. To left early C17 blocked doorway : semi-circular arch flanked by fluted Ionic pilasters supporting entablature with finials, all in strapwork tradition. East wall with large stepped internal chimneybreast culminating in pair of renewed diamond flues. South front of C16 construction now studded irregularly with C19 sash windows with glazing bars. 3 C18 casements to east cross wing. One bay western addition of early C19 with sash windows and gabled roof. Interior. Screen truss remains, arch braced to heavy wall studs in western range. Bridging beams with tongue shops. Timbered screens passage now blocked by staircase. Roof structure renewed : C19 King post roof over main range; east cross wing with C18 butt purlins and collars.
Listing NGR: TF6944306500
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 221497
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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