We don't have any photos of this building yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?
Latitude: 52.4099 / 52°24'35"N
Longitude: 0.7542 / 0°45'15"E
OS Eastings: 587429
OS Northings: 282664
OS Grid: TL874826
Mapcode National: GBR RD7.ZD8
Mapcode Global: VHKCD.1P2G
Plus Code: 9F42CQ53+WM
Entry Name: Ford Place and Attached Grotto
Listing Date: 3 April 1951
Last Amended: 1 December 1993
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1207667
English Heritage Legacy ID: 384729
ID on this website: 101207667
Location: Thetford, Breckland, Norfolk, IP24
County: Norfolk
District: Breckland
Civil Parish: Thetford
Built-Up Area: Thetford
Traditional County: Norfolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Norfolk
Church of England Parish: Thetford St Cuthbert
Church of England Diocese: Norwich
Tagged with: Architectural structure
THETFORD
TL8782 FORD STREET
617-1/8/62 (South West side)
03/04/51 Ford Place and attached grotto
(Formerly Listed as:
FORD STREET
(South West side)
Ford Place)
GV II
House, now residential home for elderly. Early C19, additions
of c1860. Gault brick. Roofs of black-glazed pantiles.
Double-pile plan. 2-3 storeys. Irregular facade to north in 3
distinct elements, all with different roof lines. East part
with double-leaf glazed door set within a doorcase consisting
of engaged reeded and fluted Ionic columns supporting a
dentilled pediment. To left is a first-floor staircase window
with 6/6 glazing bars and a rounded head. Fenestration
generally of 6/6 sashes with gauged skewback arches. Gabled
and hipped roofs. Multiple stacks. South front has balanced
asymmetry: 2 hipped elements broken forward right and left,
that to right (east) with a full-height canted bay. The other
with 2 hipped through-eaves dormers, probably c1860.
Immediately west of house (and attached to it) is a 3-bay,
single-storey grotto of whole flints: a central pointed
doorway flanked by a pointed Y-tracery window right and left.
INTERIOR: staircase mid C19: 2 twisted balusters per tread and
moulded handrail. Main rooms with dentil cornices and marble
fireplaces. 6-panelled doors.
Listing NGR: TL8742982664
External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.
Other nearby listed buildings
