Description

TF 82 SE TITTLESHALL FAKENHAM ROAD
(west side)

3/51 Woodford Lodge

II

Former Holkham Estate farmhouse and miller's house. C17 core with late C18
additions and early C19 refacing. Rendered timberframe replaced with brick
to front and side. Black pantile roofs. 2 storeys. Symmetrical facade of
5 bays of sash windows with glazing bars beneath skewback arches. Window
above door blind. Central front door with reeded doorcase with corner paterae
and curious geometric designs. Fanlight with 4-centred arch formed by glazing
bars. Later open porch. Gault brick dentil cornices and hipped roof. East
gable-end with 2 pairs of simple giant pilasters flanking an open porch, semi-
circular in plan, supported on a pair of narrow fluted Doric columns and
pilasters. Fluted frieze to flat roofed hood. Rear wall and west wall timber
framed with wooden dentil cornice to west. One off-centre axial stack
(probably C17) and gable end stack to main block. Extensions to west and
rear dated 1771 and 1778 with initials G.B. on datestones.

Listing NGR: TF8902720926

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26445919

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)