Waxham Hall (The Gatehouse Record)

In the civil parish of Sea Palling.
In the historic county of Norfolk.
Modern Authority of Norfolk.
1974 county of Norfolk.
Medieval County of Norfolk.

OS Map Grid Reference: TG43962623
Latitude 52.77950° Longitude 1.61667°

Waxham Hall has been described as a probable Fortified Manor House.

There are major building remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law*.

Description

A manorial hall, now a farmhouse, enclosed within walls and with a gatehouse. The hall, now much altered, was built by the Woodhouse family in about 1570, of flint and brick with some re-used medieval stonework, The surrounding walls are of the same date. The external chimney stacks to the rear are now smothered by a large additional block of about 1800. The thatched Great Barn, just over a hundred metres to the south west, also dates to about 1570 and is gigantic; at 55 metres long, it is the biggest in the county and the village's most famous building. When it was built, it was probably intended to compete in size with Paston Barn further up the coast. Now restored, it is open to the public. To the east of the great barn are a series of moated earthworks, forming a series of fishponds and channels. Three semi-circular banks are visible abutting the internal boundaries of the site. The date and function of these is unknown for certain, although it seems likely that they are post medieval. (Norfolk HER)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Scheduled Monument Number 1013418, Legacy Scheduled Monument Number 12703
National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1172520 , 1049363
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 133936.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 8365.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- A Chronology of Medieval Waxham
Books
- Goodall, John, 2011, The English Castle 1066-1650 (Yale University Press) p. 459
  Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B., 1997, Buildings of England: Norwich and north-east Norfolk
  Blomefield, F., 1808, 'Happing Hundred: Waxham' An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk Vol. 9 p. 353 (tenurial history) online transcription
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- Historic England, 2016, Heritage at Risk East of England Register 2016 (London: Historic England) p. 45 online copy
  Historic England, 2015, Heritage at Risk East of England Register 2015 (London: Historic England) p. 47 online copy
  English Heritage, 2014, Heritage at Risk Register 2014 East of England (London: English Heritage) p. 49 online copy
  English Heritage, 2013, Heritage at Risk Register 2013 East of England (London: English Heritage) p. 52 online copy
  English Heritage, 2012, Heritage at Risk Register 2012 East of England (London: English Heritage) p. 61 online copy
  English Heritage, 2011, Heritage at Risk Register 2011 East of England (London: English Heritage) p. 56 online copy
  English Heritage, 2010, Heritage at Risk Register 2010 East of England (London: English Heritage) p. 48 online copy
  English Heritage, 2009, Heritage at Risk Register 2009 East of England (London: English Heritage) p. 57 online copy
  English Heritage, 2002, Scheduled Monument Consent. April 2002

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The bibliography owes much to various bibliographies produced by John Kenyon for the Council for British Archaeology, the Castle Studies Group and others.

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*The listed building may not be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.

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