Great Ellingham Hall 1960sCourtesy Susan Fay Great Ellingham Hall is a delightful ancient moated manor house which, for centuries, has stood back from Penhill Road in Great Ellingham. Until c.1818, many of the past owners of the property also held the Lordship of the Manor of Ellingham Hall. One such owner is Anthony Gurney. Anthony…
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The Manor & Manor House of Great Ellingham Hall
Great Ellingham Hall 2020 Courtesy Tracy Knowles According to British Listed Buildings, ‘Old Hall Farmhouse’ was built c.1570. It is of a timber framed construction with wattle and daub, and some clay lump infill on a brick plinth. However from my investigations, there may well have been a house near or on the same site…
William Easlea buys the delightful Brick Kiln Farm
Brick Kiln FarmCourtesy Jon & Fran Elliott William & Edna Easlea Marriage in Canada On the 24th June, 1914, farmer William John Fellowes Easlea married Edna Brigstocke Fellowes. The marriage took place at St James’s Church, Ingersoll in the County of Oxford, Ontario. Both 30 year old William and 26 year old Edna aged were…
Edwin Robert Houchen is the next Custodian of Brick Kiln Farm
Brick Kiln FarmCourtesy Jon & Fran Elliott Early History The delightful house Brick Kiln Farm was built between the late 1830s and early 1840s, during the early Victorian era. However from the outside, it has all the characteristics of a Georgian house – having symmetry, balance, a central door with fanlight, as well as sash…
Skitmore, Crisp & Skitmore cause Wilful Damage to Trees
Illustration Christine Fuller I came across the following published in the Norwich Mercury of the 2nd July 1856: WATTONOn Wednesday before Hon. B.N.O. De Grey & R. Dewing Esq., James Skitmore, James Crisp and William Skitmore were charged with wilfully damaging trees at Great Ellingham.Ordered to pay the costs, 3s 9d [three shillings and nine…
Robert Large’s Newly Built Farmhouse in Hingham Road
Brick Kiln FarmCourtesy Jon & Fran Elliott Great Ellingham is fortunate to have several interesting historical houses. Some are ‘tucked away out of sight’, but others are visible from the village roads. Road to Hingham The route of many of these roads has changed little over several centuries. They have evolved from a time well…
William Cubitt exercises his Power of Sale over Brick Kiln Farm
Brick Kiln FarmCourtesy Jon & Fran Elliott Brick Kiln Farm in Hingham Road is one of Great Ellingham’s wonderful historic houses. It was built during the late 1830s or the early 1840s, and owned by Robert Large until his death in 1842. Following Robert Large’s death, the house was occupied by his eldest daughter Mary…
The History of the Double Cottage on Stalland Common – Part I
The Cottage formerly known as Hillside (and now Owl Cottage) at Stalland CommonCourtesy A. M. Like many towns and villages, Great Ellingham is fortunate to have several interesting historical houses. Many of our village’s ‘old’ houses will have begun life housing several families. However over the years, these houses have become one dwelling. Double Cottage…
The History of the Double Cottage on Stalland Common – Part II
The Cottage formerly known as Hillside and now Owl Cottage at Stalland CommonCourtesy A. M. Like many of the village’s historical houses, ‘Owl Cottage’ at Stalland Common was built as a double cottage. It is only in modern times that the house became one dwelling. In Part I, we looked at some of the owners…
The History of the Double Cottage on Stalland Common – Part III
The Cottage formerly known as Hillside at Stalland CommonCourtesy A. M. In 1981, Watsons Estate Agents refer to a house named ‘Hillside’ in Great Ellingham as a ‘picturesque detached period cottage”. Their description includes: “The property has period features including exposed beams, and construction is part brick, part clay lump on a timber frame under…