Monument record WHP 003 - Doveden Hall

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Summary

Moat. Scheduled

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 821 589 (72m by 75m)
Map sheet TL85NW
Civil Parish WHEPSTEAD, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Moat. Square, occupied, isolated, wet.
House: C15 core, 3-cell open hall house, with cross-wing at service end. Doveton/Dorrington/Duffin Hall was a sub-manor of Whepstead. All rights were released to Abbot of St Edmunds by Thomas Everard in 1292. Owned by Sir George Somerset in 1545, by Thomas Bacon in 1548 and by Roger Frost in 1550 (S1).
May 2001: Scheduled (S3).

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <M1> Scheduling record: English Heritage. Scheduled Ancient Monument file. (S3).
  • <R1> Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL85NW10.
  • <S1> Bibliographic reference: Goult. W. 1990. A Survey of Suffolk Parish History: W Suffolk,.
  • <S2> Photograph: Essex County Council. Air Photograph. Essex CC, APs, BW/99/8/1 & 2.
  • <S3> Unpublished document: English Heritage. Scheduling information.

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Record last edited

Oct 9 2007 3:45PM

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