Colkirk House

COLKIRK HOUSE, HALL LANE

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Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1152336
Date first listed:
14-Jun-1984
List Entry Name:
Colkirk House
Statutory Address:
COLKIRK HOUSE, HALL LANE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1152336
Date first listed:
14-Jun-1984
List Entry Name:
Colkirk House
Statutory Address 1:
COLKIRK HOUSE, HALL LANE

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.

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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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
COLKIRK HOUSE, HALL LANE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Norfolk
District:
Breckland (District Authority)
Parish:
Colkirk
National Grid Reference:
TF 92071 26488

Details

TF 92 NW COLKIRK HALL LANE (west side)

1/17 Colkirk House

- II

Large house. Dated 1834 on chimney shafts. Gault brick, some -red brick and some stone. Concrete tiled roofs. Main block forms a cross wing with gable- ends only slightly advanced in relation to double pile service wing. 2 storeys with attics, and vaulted cellars. Main facade to north of 3 bays with pedi- mented and slightly advanced central bay flanked by plain paired pilasters. Sash windows with glazing bars beneath skewback arches. Stone porch with pilasters and deep plain entablature. Narrow semicircular flanking windows and 2-leaf panelled door. Moulded brick platband, moulded cornices and arms in central pediment with motto "cor unum via una". Paired pilasters to angles and to pedimented gable-ends. Rear wing of 3 bays of sashes with glazing bars beneath skewback arches. Raised panels above first floor windows. South facade in red brick with slightly advanced lateral bays with broken pediments forming imposts of semicircular headed windows. Interior. Fine stone flying stair with decorative cast iron balusters, lantern and plasterwork. Hall of 3 groin vaulted, 3-centred bays. Fine Regency plasterwork throughout main rooms. One late C19 fireplace with abstract geometrical motifs designed by Jekyll and produced by Barnard, Bishop and Barnard (foundries) of Norwich.

Listing NGR: TF9207126488

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
220472
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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