The Gatehouse website record for Waxham Hall

In the civil parish of Sea Palling. In the historic county of Norfolk (Modern Authority of Norfolk, 1974 county of Norfolk).

Possible fortified house suggested by Roger Wilson.
A manorial hall, now a farmhouse, enclosed within walls and with a gatehouse. The hall, now much altered, was built by the Woodhouse family in about 1570, of flint and brick with some re-used medieval stonework, The surrounding walls are of the same date. The external chimney stacks to the rear are now smothered by a large additional block of about 1800. The thatched Great Barn, just over a hundred metres to the south west, also dates to about 1570 and is gigantic; at 55 metres long, it is the biggest in the county and the village's most famous building. When it was built, it was probably intended to compete in size with Paston Barn further up the coast. Now restored, it is open to the public. To the east of the great barn are a series of moated earthworks, forming a series of fishponds and channels. Three semi-circular banks are visible abutting the internal boundaries of the site. The date and function of these is unknown for certain, although it seems likely that they are post medieval. (Norfolk HER)
Walled with a gatehouse but nothing to really suggest 'fortified', even stylistically.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TG43962623

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 133936
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 8365 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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