Description

TF 81 SW SPORLE WITH PALGRAVE HUNGRY HILL

4/42 Little Palgrave Hall 9.7.51

- II

Farmhouse. C17 gable-ends, C18 facade refurbished in early C19. Brick facade; flint, brick and re-used ashlar gable-ends; black and red pantile roofs. Lower service extensions to rear of main block. 2 storeys with attic. Symmetrical facade of 3 bays of sash windows with glazing bars beneath segmental arches. (Ground floor windows formerly much wider). Central recessed porch in stucco with a pair of square columns in antis supporting a plain entablature. 2 narrow sash windows above. Central gabled dormer with stone coping and a sash window beneath a semicircular relieving arch. C17 returned gable-ends with rebuilt gables in brick. 4 sash windows to western gable-end and some evidence of the original first floor opening. C19 single-storeyed canted bay to east gable-end with 2 sash windows above. Considerable quantities of re-used limestone ashlar probably from Castle Acre priory. Both gables with stone copings and decorative peak finials. Pair of stacks to rear wall. C18 and C19 service extensions. C19 staircase with turned balusters, open string and swept mahogany handrail.

Listing NGR: TF8325213471

External Links

• Wikidata Q26463010

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