OK let's see if I can get the photos uploaded before the thread is deleted! This is only my second report, please bear with me.
We visited this interesting old farm house and it's outbuildings on a sunny yet blustery January afternoon, the snow having finally melted. The house was actually two properties, but linked by internal doors, so it is possible that two families of the same family of farmers (if that makes sense), once lived here. The accomodation is extensive and is set out on 3 floors. It appears to have been abandoned for many decades because I could find no evidence of fresh water plumbing inside, although there is electrical wiring.
Sometime in the not too distant past some roof repairs have been made to the house and outbuildings, for there are new(ish) timbers and modern under felt in places. However, the whole place now lies abandoned and uncared for. Water has come in through holes in the roof and led to rot in several of the upper floors. It is still 95% explorable with some care.
Of particular note is the magnificent timber framed thatched barn which looks early 18th or possibly 17th century. This barn is still in reasonably good order and I would think it highly likely that it is a listed building. This barn contained a couple of surprises for us: A sleeping fox, who did not wake when we took photos of him, and a beautiful owl, both of whom can be seen in the photos, which I hope you enjoy.
UPDATE FEB 2013: I've done a bit of research into this place and found that it is currently owned by a Norwich firm of property developers, who own several properties in the area. So I assume in time they will be wanting to develop the site, which hopefully means no more than converting the outbuildings to homes and restoring the house. So it seems strange they havent taken steps to preserve the house from the iminent ruin it will soon become.
We visited this interesting old farm house and it's outbuildings on a sunny yet blustery January afternoon, the snow having finally melted. The house was actually two properties, but linked by internal doors, so it is possible that two families of the same family of farmers (if that makes sense), once lived here. The accomodation is extensive and is set out on 3 floors. It appears to have been abandoned for many decades because I could find no evidence of fresh water plumbing inside, although there is electrical wiring.
Sometime in the not too distant past some roof repairs have been made to the house and outbuildings, for there are new(ish) timbers and modern under felt in places. However, the whole place now lies abandoned and uncared for. Water has come in through holes in the roof and led to rot in several of the upper floors. It is still 95% explorable with some care.
Of particular note is the magnificent timber framed thatched barn which looks early 18th or possibly 17th century. This barn is still in reasonably good order and I would think it highly likely that it is a listed building. This barn contained a couple of surprises for us: A sleeping fox, who did not wake when we took photos of him, and a beautiful owl, both of whom can be seen in the photos, which I hope you enjoy.
UPDATE FEB 2013: I've done a bit of research into this place and found that it is currently owned by a Norwich firm of property developers, who own several properties in the area. So I assume in time they will be wanting to develop the site, which hopefully means no more than converting the outbuildings to homes and restoring the house. So it seems strange they havent taken steps to preserve the house from the iminent ruin it will soon become.
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