Description

1.
878 SOUTH STREET
(West Side)

Red Hall
TF 0919 1/31 2.5.49.

II*

2.
Early C17 mansion in red brick. 3 gables. 3 storeys. Stone quoins,
dressings, stacks and pinnacles to each gable. Rectangular windows of 3
and 4 lights with stone mullions, moulded stringcourse continues heads of
ground and 1st floor windows and porch windows, moulded heads to windows
of 2nd storey. Stone slate roof. A later Cl7 projecting porch in ashlar,
rectangular of 2 storeys, with a 6-light mullioned window and shaped
parapet. Side windows to each storey. On ground floor, porch with 2
Doric 3/4 columns on lozenge paralled bases flanking round-headed central
arch, moulded head. Rectangular framed entrance door with 4-centred arch.
Very good staircase of early C17 with turned balusters and tall newel
finials.
Bought in the early C18 by the Digby family. Now being restored
(December 1969) and converted as a museum. NMR

Listing NGR: TF0960619816

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17550166

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)