Monument record BLN 021 - Blundeston Lodge; Blundeston House
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Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 515 968 (100m by 101m) Centred on |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TM59NW |
| Civil Parish | BLUNDESTON, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK |
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Full Description
Blundeston Lodge. Demolished, ? during construction of HM Prison in 1962-3. N of Blundeston Decoy. Served by ice-house to SE - BLN 018. Shown on Hodskinson's 1783 map, under ownership (?) of `Miss Allen' (the Allens held property in Blundeston from beginning of C18). The poet, Thomas Gray, several times visited the Rev Norton Nicholls, rector of Lound & Bradwell from 1767-1809, who lived at Blundeston Lodge (S1).
`The mansion has been at different times called Sydnors (R1), Blundeston Villa and Blundeston House' (S2).
`Blundeston House, by Sir John Soane, 1785-6. Very simple, without distinguishing features. Somewhat altered. Alterations and stables by W Oldham Chambers, circa 1865' (S3).
Sources/Archives (5)
- <R1> SSF15542 (No record type): Pawsey's Lady's Repository, 1838, view of `Sydnor's from a drawing by Mrs Charles Steward.
- <S1> SSF5146 (No record type): Dickinson P G M, The Little Guides: Suffolk, 1957 ed, 73.
- <S2> SSF15434 (No record type): Page A, Supplement to the Suffolk Traveller, 1844, 306.
- <S3> SSF16083 Bibliographic reference: Pevsner N & Radcliffe E. 1974. The Buildings of England: Suffolk. 101.
- <S4> SSF50106 Photograph: Air Photographs. NAU, AP, TM5196/HXT8.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Mar 30 2012 2:22PM