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Ludham Hall
Hob Uid: 133451
Location : Norfolk North Norfolk Ludham
Grid Ref : TG3807017550
Summary : The house was built circa 1611 on the site of a Palace of the Bishops of Norwich which was destroyed by a fire in 1611. The chapel was added in 1627 and the house was re-fronted in brick post 1770. The brick frontage is on a knapped flint plinth with some re-used stone, the house has a plain tile roof. The chapel is of brick with a pantile roof. The south windows of the chapel are blocked in brick which is very little different from that of the walls, suggesting that the building was never in use as a chapel, and a cart door was inserted into the east wall in the 1970s.
More information : (TG 38071755) Ludham Hall on site of (NAT) Bishop's Palace (NR) (1) Ludham Hall was a house of the Bishops of Lincoln. (Sic; should be Norwich, a slip by Pevsner). It has a plain Georgian front but the gable-end shows that this is only a remodelling of a Jacobean house, which itself was a rebuilding and enlargement of an earlier house after a fire in 1611. (2,3) Ludham Hall. Medieval in origin, but largely rebuilt early in C17th. Grade II. (4) Outstanding. See photograph. (5)

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Source details : OS 6" 1961
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Source details : History of Norfolk, 9, 1808 (F Blomefield)
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Source details : DOE (HHR) No 2374/11/A Smallburgh RD July 1947
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Source details : F1 JB 17-OCT-72
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Source details : District of North Norfolk, 12/05/1987
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Bishops Palace
Evidence : Demolished Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Destroyed 1611
Monument End Date : 1611
Monument Start Date : 1611
Monument Type : Bishops Palace
Evidence : Demolished Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Built post-1611
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Monument Start Date : 1611
Monument Type : Country House
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : 1627 addition
Monument End Date : 1627
Monument Start Date : 1627
Monument Type : Country House
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post-1770 alterations
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Monument Start Date : 1770
Monument Type : Country House
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : 1970s alterations
Monument End Date : 1979
Monument Start Date : 1970
Monument Type : Barn
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Norfolk)
External Cross Reference Number : 8454
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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 224398
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External Cross Reference Source : NBR Index Number
External Cross Reference Number : 106408
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TG 31 NE 2
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Activity type : ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-10-17
End Date : 1972-10-17

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Ludham Hall