Porch Attached To East By Garden Walls To Ranworth Old Hall

TG 31 NW WOODBASTWICK RANWORTH

1/114 Porch, attached to 20.2.52. east by Garden Walls, to Ranworth Old Hall. ( Formerly listed as Old Hall, Ranworth (Estate Nos. 40 and 41) with barns and gatehouse).

G.V. II*

Entrance porch of principal wing of manor house, now demolished. Base of garden walls may contain fabric of manor house. Early C16, of diapered brick, with C19 pantile roof. 2 storeys. Square plan, with garden walls projecting to east and west. Polygonal angle buttresses to south, with brick string courses above first floor window level, and decorated terracotta bands, of Tudor roses, around buttress tops. Blocked brick Perpendicular windows at first floor level with hollow chamfer mullions, 4 centred arched heads and wave moulded reveals. Brick hood mould and 4 centred arch in wave moulded brickwork above windows. Single light windows to east and west. Two light windows, containing terracotta panels in blocked brickwork and original saddle bars to south. Late C16 south entrance with quadrant moulded reveals on the inner arch, set within a rectangular ogee moulded opening with brick pediment above. Porch now has a lean-to roof, with C19 brick parapet verges and south wall. Inside, niches with basket arches span east and west walls. 2 blocked niches with triangular stone heads either side of entrance. C16 moulded oak door frame, possibly from the demolished manor house. To south, a domed finial of Barnack limestone, possibly belonging to porch, stands in the grass.

Listing NGR: TG3449515402