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Latitude: 52.4136 / 52°24'48"N
Longitude: 0.7449 / 0°44'41"E
OS Eastings: 586778
OS Northings: 283050
OS Grid: TL867830
Mapcode National: GBR RD7.P4V
Mapcode Global: VHKCC.VLMM
Plus Code: 9F42CP7V+CW
Entry Name: Thetford Grammar School Library and Attached Former Stable
Listing Date: 1 December 1993
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1195953
English Heritage Legacy ID: 384683
ID on this website: 101195953
Location: Thetford, Breckland, Norfolk, IP24
County: Norfolk
District: Breckland
Civil Parish: Thetford
Built-Up Area: Thetford
Traditional County: Suffolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Norfolk
Church of England Parish: Thetford St Cuthbert
Church of England Diocese: Norwich
Tagged with: Library building School library
TL8683
617-1/5/19
THETFORD
BRIDGE STREET
(North West side)
Thetford Grammar School Library and attached former stable
GV
II
School house until 1881, now the library. 1575, re-worked
early C19, rebuilt 1877. Cut flint with red brick and ashlar
dressings. Machine tile roofs. L-shaped plan. East front with
a gabled porch with a piece of re-used C12 stone decoration in
gable. Porch with diagonal buttresses. Right and left is one
4-light mullioned window. Gabled roof with fleche. Large
4-light south window with transom. To right is a twin gabled
wing, the gables of different sizes, lit through 2-light
mullioned windows and a 3-light cross casement. Gabled roof
with 2 triple-flued stacks with star tops. INTERIOR: stone
dogleg staircase to first floor. Main ground-floor library
divided by a mid C14 stone arch, representing the south
crossing tower arch of the Dominican church (qv). May not now
be in situ, but position relative to the church remains
roughly correct: wave-moulded, 2-centred, polygonal capitals.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached to north-east corner is a
polygonal former stable. Early C19, brick and of 2 storeys
with round-arched openings to ground floor with windows or
blank frames above.
(Seymour D: Thetford Grammar School: An Outline History:
Thetford: 1991-).
Listing NGR: TL8677883050
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