Description

This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 19/01/2018

SK 9248-9348, 8/53

CAYTHORPE,
HIGH STREET (east side),
No. 46,
Middlefield House

(Formerly listed as: Desarmais)

G.V.

II

House, 1678 with C19 and C20 alterations. Coursed ironstone rubble with
ashlar quoins and dressings, slate roof with one moulded stone and one
brick ridge stacks. Two storey plus cellar irregular 6-bay front.
Off-centre panelled door in moulded C17 surround with cornice. To left, one
3 and two 4-light cavetto mullioned windows. To right a small single
C17 light in a moulded surround with beyond a C20 3-light glazed door with
C17 cornice over. On the first floor are five 3-light mullioned windows in
moulded surrounds. All C17 windows have moulded cornices. In the gable
wall to street are single 3-light mullioned windows on both storeys, the
upper one of which rests on a flush sill band. Above the upper window is
a plaque inscribed MTM 1678. Inside are beams with chamfers and stops and
in hall chamber upstairs is a fine beam with date plaque in cable-moulded
surround dated 1678.

Listing NGR: SK9382548351

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26315766

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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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