Description

TM 07 SW WALSHAM LE WILLOWS THE STREET (SOUTH SIDE)

3/64 Bank House

GV II

House, formerly divided into 2. Later C16, with possible older core. Timber-
framed and roughcast-rendered; single roman tiles. 1½ storeys; 3-cell form,
not all of one date. An internal chimney-stack with a plain rebuilt red brick
shaft, and another later stack on the left gable end. Plain bargeboards and
spike finials to the gables. A lower brick extension beyond the right gable
end. 2 gabled half-dormers, one upper window and 4 ground floor windows, all
late C20 sash-type replacements. Entrance door with 4 flush panels within an
open'timber porch, gabled, with plain bargeboards and spike finial. Interior:
to the right of the internal stack, the end wall has very closely-spaced
studding; main beam to ground floor room with large chamfer; reversed braces
to the upper floor, blocked original windows, indications of a crown-post
roof. To the left of the stack signs of possible roof-raising to an older
core of the house: main cross-beams to the ground floor room with large
chamfer and curved stops. A straight stair cut through at one end, and a
partition wall of altered Jacobean square panelling, probably originally
inserted to form a cross-passage. To the left of the entrance door, a later
parlour replaces the former service area. Roof not examined.

Listing NGR: TM0035471270

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26283573

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Recommended Books

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]