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Castle
Rising Castle.
Built in 1138 by William d’Albini II. It was taken
over by the crown in 1331 and was lived in by Queen Isabella
after her banishment until her death. There are massive
earthworks, 120 feet high in some places.
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The
hall keep, built about 1140, remains intact. It is
large and well decorated with blank arches and arcading.
The south side has heads of monsters. It has a grand
wide staircase leading to the Great Hall and Great
Chamber and the smaller closet, chapel, vestry, garderobes,
etc.
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Cley
Mill
Built in 1713 and a landmark used recently by the
BBC between programmes. It has a brick tower with
two galleries and a domed cap of about 1810
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Cockthorpe Hall
Birthplace of Sir Cloudesley Shovel the admiral who assisted
in the capture of Gibraltar in 1704.
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East
Barsham Manor House.
Early Tudor, in brick, some moulded and carved, with twisted chimneys.
Restored in 1919 and 1938. There is a slightly later gate house. The
building can be seen from the road and is picturesque.
Fakenham
Gas Works.
A unique English example of a hand-fired horizontal retort.
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Felbrigg
Hall, Garden and Park.
A 1,750-acre estate. Built in 1621-4, this houses original 18th
century furniture and paintings and a fine library. It is Jacobean
in style and is built of brick and limestone, the south range
is the oldest. The plaster ceilings are very fine, notably in
the drawing room. There’s a walled garden with an 18th
century octagonal dovecote which can hold 2,000 white doves.
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There’s
also a fine Orangery 1704-5. In the park there are woodland and lakeside
walks. The Great Wood was planted in the 17th century; it is a SSSI
and is nationally important for its fungi and lichens. Gift shop,
restaurant and tearooms.
Great
Bircham windmill.
This is possibly Norfolk’s finest tower cornmill. It has a brick
tower of 1846, restored in 1979. There are five floors and the machinery
is in working order.
Great
Yarmouth, Row 111 House and the Old Merchant’s House.
The latter has oak panelling and plasterwork ornate ceilings. One
of the few complete row houses left in Yarmouth.
Great
Yarmouth Tollhouse.
13th century.
Great
Yarmouth, St. Nicholas’ Hospital.
Built for casualties of the Napoleonic wars.
Horsey
Mill
Horsey Mill has a 19th century brick tower and wooden boat-shaped
cap. Fantail, stocks and sails were restored in 1961. The machinery
survives.
Heydon
Hall.
The original part was built 1581-4. It has fine 18th century fireplaces,
a 19th century clock tower, ice house, stables, look-out tower and
several lodges.
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