The Gatehouse website record for Harkstead Netherhall

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Herkestede; Netherhall; Buckler's Bond

In the civil parish of Harkstead. In the historic county of Suffolk (Modern Authority of Suffolk, 1974 county of Suffolk).

Licence to crenellate granted to Nicholas Bonde in 1335. Copinger is a little confusing with clearly erroneous dates but this seems to be Netherhall, which he seems to wrongly split into two manors (Buckler's Bond and Netherhall). This was a small manor held for a quarter of a knight's fee.
C16/C17 or earlier with later alterations including C19 front and right extensions. Timber-framed and plastered, red plain tiled roof, grey slate to C19 range. 2 storeys. A long range with a C19 red brick range to south which is outshot to east, a northern range and a single storey extension to right (east). (Images of England)
There was clearly some sort of residence here in the C14, as Bonde received a grant of free warren in 1330. There is an oval pond near to the current house but nothing to suggest a moat here or anywhere nearby. That is a moat could have been constructed but does not seem to have been made. What work, if any, Bonde did is unknowable. Copinger's manorial history is somewhat unclear but it seems possible Bonde died shortly after receiving the licence to crenellate and this, presumably, stopped any work. His heir seems to have been a daughter Lora, who was married to William Breton of Harkstead Hall (the larger manor in the parish), so Netherhall may well have been tenanted out after Nicholas's death and the manor seems to have been sold to a Sampson by the C15.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TM190339

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