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Guild House

A Grade II Listed Building in Elsing, Norfolk

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.7115 / 52°42'41"N

Longitude: 1.0377 / 1°2'15"E

OS Eastings: 605293

OS Northings: 316977

OS Grid: TG052169

Mapcode National: GBR TCL.Z17

Mapcode Global: WHLRZ.X39M

Plus Code: 9F43P26Q+H3

Entry Name: Guild House

Listing Date: 5 November 1984

Last Amended: 5 November 1985

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1169058

English Heritage Legacy ID: 220727

ID on this website: 101169058

Location: Elsing, Breckland, Norfolk, NR20

County: Norfolk

District: Breckland

Civil Parish: Elsing

Traditional County: Norfolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Norfolk

Church of England Parish: Elsing St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Norwich

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Description


TG 01 NE
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ELSING
SCHOOL ROAD (west side)
Guild House

- II

House. Mid C17 and later.
Brick in English bond with French pantile roof. Brick and flint plinth. Single bay plan with later side addition. 2 storeys and cellar. North facade with doorway opposite gable-end stack. Door with moulded cover strips. One 2-light and one 3-light chamfered mullion windows. Row of 11 small shallow niches with arched heads beneath eaves: probably former pigeon nesting boxes. C18 dentil cornice. Nest gable-end with 2 original window openings with stuccoed moulded brick pediments and modern 5-light windows. Gable rebuilt to shallow pitch. Traces of diaper pattern in black headers to both sides of first floor window. South facade with 2 original large window openings with moulded brick pediment to ground floor window.only. Modern 5-light frames. Ovolo-moulded 2-light mullion window opposite stack. East gable-end projects beyond line of gable resembling a staged buttress. Rebuilt gable. Modern extensions to this gable-end and to south.
Interior. Several original doorways with ogee and nicked chamfer stops. Winding stair beside stack formerly leading to both cellar and attic. One ovolo-moulded spinal bridging joist with ogee and nicked chamfer stops. Fireplace with cambered bressumner. Cellar takes up the full bay and was formerly lit by 3 splayed windows.


Listing NGR: TG0529316977

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