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PostSubject: Around The Village   Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:21 pm

Along the Southrepps road from the Pound stands 'John Of Gaunts', said to have been built on the foundations of John of Gaunts Bailiff's house. Architecturally it is regarded as being of outstanding importance. It is of brick with a flint base and is thatched. The crow-stepped gables, which show the influence of the Flemish wool merchants, octagonal chimneys and mullioned and transformed windows (Moulded brick rendered to imitate brick work), are particularly worthy of attention.

The original fireplaces, have been opened up internally. The house is a good example of a small late Tudor residence, substantially unaltered externally and sympathetically modernised and restored internally.




Old Ben's cottage is situated on the road towards Trimingham. Made of flint and bricks, with a reed thatched roof.



A brick building of the 18th century, standing to the east of the church. It has black glazed pantiles. Flint walling at the rear has been cemented over. The rectory was sold by the church authorities and the Rector moved to Mundesley in 1979.



The Old Barn is next to Ben's Cottage, it has a reed-thatched roof, and is probably of the 17th century.
Across the road is Grove Farm, a pantiled house of flint with brick dressing. It has casements with leaded lights, a late georgian doorway and probably dates from the 18th century.


About 75 yds from the Barn is Hillside House, about 18th century, brick with black glazed pantiles, casements and a simple late georgian doorway.

Gimingham Hall Farm,
Of flint and brick and pantiled. There are some stone quions in the south east part of the house. It dates from the 18th century, but incorporates earlier fragments which some think they are from the original building


The School, built of flint and brick on a piece of Glebe Land measuring 1 rood and 1/4 pole, for 60 children and 2 small rooms for the Mistress. They were later made into an infants room and cloak-room at a cost of £60. The building of the school cost £160. The Patrons paid half and the other half was paid for by the Rector, The Reverend R Blakelock, and others. In recent years the school was considerably modernised. The school closed in 1980 and village children now go to Mundesley. Sadly it is now a private dwelling. Losing the school changed the village drastically.



The Village Hall was built in 1896 by Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (Bart.) At a cost of about £200. It was used by the C of E Men's Society and by the Methodists for Services.
In the early 1930's the hall was given by his son Rodney Buxton to the Church as Trustee for the village. In 1976 it was sold to the Parish Council for a nominal sum of £5, in trust for the village. It is now run by a committee of women that live in the village itself..



Hill House


The Old Post Office Cottage
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