Barn 100 Metres South West of Abbey Farmhouse With Detached Gable 10 Metres to North*
BARN 100 METRES SOUTH WEST OF ABBEY FARMHOUSE WITH DETACHED GABLE 10 METRES TO NORTH*, CHURCH GREEN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1171759
- Date first listed:
- 19-Oct-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Barn 100 Metres South West of Abbey Farmhouse With Detached Gable 10 Metres to North*
- Statutory Address:
- BARN 100 METRES SOUTH WEST OF ABBEY FARMHOUSE WITH DETACHED GABLE 10 METRES TO NORTH*, CHURCH GREEN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1171759
- Date first listed:
- 19-Oct-1951
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 13-Apr-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Barn 100 Metres South West of Abbey Farmhouse With Detached Gable 10 Metres to North*
- Statutory Address 1:
- BARN 100 METRES SOUTH WEST OF ABBEY FARMHOUSE WITH DETACHED GABLE 10 METRES TO NORTH*, CHURCH GREEN
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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:
- BARN 100 METRES SOUTH WEST OF ABBEY FARMHOUSE WITH DETACHED GABLE 10 METRES TO NORTH*, CHURCH GREEN
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:
- West Acre
- National Grid Reference:
- TF 78030 15051
Details
TF 7815
10/50
19.10.57
WEST ACRE
CHURCH GREEN (south side)
Barn 100 metres south-
west of Abbey Farmhouse
with detached gable
10 metres to north.
(Formerly listed as
Priory Gatehouse and
remains in Abbey Farm
buildings.)
G.V.
II*
Barn. Late medieval. Flint, stone dressings, slate roof. 2 3-stead barns built
end to end, formerly extending to now detached north gable. West face has
2 massive stone faced buttresses with set offs. Stone dressed ventilation
slits. 2 cart entrances with in-situ stone jambs, C19 brick arched head at
north, wooden lintel at south. Detached former north gable has 2 buttresses
with set offs. South gable has angle quoins and 2 buttresses with set offs.
C19 Queen post strut roof. Some detached tie-beams resting on wall plate with
wall posts and struts surviving from an earlier roof. Perhaps part of former
west or farm court of the Priory of St. Mary and All Saints. Scheduled Ancient
Monument, County Number 170. See F.H. Fairweather and H.L. Bradfer-Lawrence
'The Priory ... Westacre' Norfolk Archaeology XXIII, 1929, pp. 359-394.
Listing NGR: TF7803015051
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 221918
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Norfolk Archaeology in Norfolk Archaeology, Vol. 23, (1929), 359 394
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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