Monument record GLL 021 - Glemham Hall

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Summary

Hall: Large E-shaped mansion built of red brick. Listed building.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 3464 5914 (58m by 50m) Centred on
Map sheet TM35NW
Civil Parish LITTLE GLEMHAM, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Hall: Large E-shaped mansion built of red brick. Elizabethan in origin, much altered c.1712-22 for Dudley North (S1)(S2).
A survey of 1592 for Sir Henry Glemham states that `Glemham Hall... ys scituate in Glemam Parke 2 parts of yt moted abowt having 2 courts within yt'. It contained a hall, parlour, kitchen, larder, patry, buttry, seller, pantry, 2 lower rooms between the gatehouse and the kitchen, chamber over the parlour, hall, pantry and kitchen all with chimneys, 5 other chambers over the low rooms without chimneys, an armourey above the parlour chamber, 2 garrets over the pantry and kitchen chambers. A bakehouse and brewhouse in one in the outer court SE of the house, a kiln and malthouse, a dairy and milkhouse with chambers over, a dove house, a barn adjoining SW to the gatehouse, 2 stables, a slaughter house and a cart house. The mansion house was built of brick and tiled, the outhouses were timber-built and tiled (except the barn, which was thatched)(S3).

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <S1> Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.
  • <S2> Source Unchecked: RCHME?. Various. Field Investigators Comments. F1 GJM 01-MAR-79.
  • <S3> Unpublished document: English Heritage. Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. Part 39 Suffolk.
  • <S4> Unpublished document: Department of the Environment. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. DOE (HHR) Blyth Rural District, Suffolk. December 1948 86..

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Aug 20 2021 2:10PM

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