Description

GREAT YARMOUTH

TG5207NW CHURCH PLAIN
839-1/12/20 (East side)
27/06/53 No.26
Sewell House

GV II

House, now restaurant. Probably early C17 in origins when
built as part of No.27 (qv). Rendered and whitewashed brick
with re-used timber elements. Pantiled roof. 2 storeys and
dormer attic; single window range. Facade built out in 1932 by
AW Ecclestone using material salvaged by Harry Johnson.
4-light mullioned cross casement to ground floor salvaged from
a house in Row 51. 3-light casement window to first floor,
2-light attic window. Behind this gable is a small dormer,
also of 1932. Gabled roof.
INTERIOR: C20 winder staircase, roof of principal rafters and
one tier of taper-tenoned butt purlins.
HISTORICAL NOTE: birthplace of Anna Sewell (1820-78), and
house in which she wrote Black Beauty.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: North-east Norfolk and
Norwich: Harmondsworth: 1962-: 143-146).

Listing NGR: TG5242707957

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26389077

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)