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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26463010

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)