The Nunnery

TF 80 SW HILBOROUGH SWAFFHAM ROAD (north side)

2/17 The Nunnery 30:10:85 GV II

House. Early C18 and later. Brick, gault brick and flint with brick dressings. Pantile and slate roofs. Continuous outshut added to rear of main block which, in turn, is attached to a C19 self- contained cottage. Main block. One and a half storeys. Brick facade with decorative vertical bands of black headers. Slightly advanced centre bay with a later gault brick porch which has a 4-centred arch and 2-leaf door with cover strips. One C19 rectangular bay to the left with a chamfered mullion 3-light window and hipped roof. Greenhouse projecting from right hand bay. Upper floor with 3 C19 2-light chamfered mullion windows and a circular window (a characteristic feature of Hilborough estate cottages). Sawtooth cornice. Brick and flint south gable-end with canted gault brick bay and a 2-light chamfered mullion window. Central axial stack with 4 rebuilt angled shafts. Rear cottage in flint with brick dressings. One and a half storeys. Boarded door with cover strips, one 2-light casement window with a reduced window above. External gable-end stack with 2 angled shafts. Hilborough Hall Estate.

Listing NGR: TF8270700534