Monument record NTT 002 - Nettlestead Chace formerly Nettlestead Hall
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Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 0890 4928 (25m by 25m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TM04NE |
| Civil Parish | NETTLESTEAD, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK |
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Full Description
Gateway to Nettlestead Chace. Round arch, two fluted Doric pilasters on simply decorated bases. Pediment against the attic (S1).
The hall, now a farmhouse, was the residence of the Wentworth family. A portion of the old gateway of the hall still survives and has in the spandrels of its arch the Wentworth arms (S2).
Gateway 17.5ft high, arched opening not more than 8ft high & 10ft wide. Arms in the spandrels are those of Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Lord Wentworth (1525- 1584) and his second wife, Ann/Agnes Wentworth (a cousin of her husband; married circa 1555/6, died 1571 or 1576)(S3).
Arms in spandrels now illegible. Engraving of the gateway made by H Davy 1824 (S4). Visited by D E Davy 1829, who refers to recent attempts to repair the gateway with Roman cement `which have not succeeded' (S5).
Sources/Archives (10)
- <S1> SSF16083 Bibliographic reference: Pevsner N & Radcliffe E. 1974. The Buildings of England: Suffolk. 375.
- <S1> SSF16083 Bibliographic reference: Pevsner N & Radcliffe E. 1974. The Buildings of England: Suffolk. 375.
- <S2> SSF5107 (No record type): Dickinson P G, Little Guide - Suffolk, 1957, 263.
- <S2> SSF5107 (No record type): Dickinson P G, Little Guide - Suffolk, 1957, 263.
- <S3> SSF17865 (No record type): Rutton W L, Wentworth of Nettlestead, E Anglian Notes & Queries, NS II, 1887-8, 193.
- <S3> SSF17865 (No record type): Rutton W L, Wentworth of Nettlestead, E Anglian Notes & Queries, NS II, 1887-8, 193.
- <S4> SSF17903 (No record type): Sandon E, Suffolk Houses, 1977, 192-3 (illustrates the 1824 Davy print).
- <S4> SSF17903 (No record type): Sandon E, Suffolk Houses, 1977, 192-3 (illustrates the 1824 Davy print).
- <S5> SSF1248 (No record type): Blatchly J (ed), Davy D E, A Journal of Excursions through the County of Suffolk 1823-1844, 1982, 11.
- <S5> SSF1248 (No record type): Blatchly J (ed), Davy D E, A Journal of Excursions through the County of Suffolk 1823-1844, 1982, 11.
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Record last edited
Oct 9 2007 12:58PM