Serpentine Walls at Parham Hall
SERPENTINE WALLS AT PARHAM HALL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1200017
- Date first listed:
- 19-Nov-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Serpentine Walls at Parham Hall
- Statutory Address:
- SERPENTINE WALLS AT PARHAM HALL
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1200017
- Date first listed:
- 19-Nov-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Serpentine Walls at Parham Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- SERPENTINE WALLS AT PARHAM HALL
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:
- SERPENTINE WALLS AT PARHAM HALL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Parham
- National Grid Reference:
- TM3150660473
Details
TM 36 SW PARHAM SILVERLACE
GREEN
4/161 Serpentine
- walls at
Parham Hall
- II
A rectangle of serpentine or 'crinkle-crankle' walls, surrounding a
vegetable garden and orchard to the east of the house. C18, with
early C19 repairs and alterations. Red brick, laid in an irregular
bond; about 3m high. Some sections of the walls are more shallowly
curved than others; most parts are 2 bricks thick, some are
buttressed. There is an unbroken stretch along the east side.
Along the west the central section has been rebuilt straight. On
the south, a wide original opening gives access to a pond which
provided the water supply for the garden.
Listing NGR: TM3150660473
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 285933
- 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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