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Old gatehouse at Bexwell Hall

England
List entry 1003963
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003963
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.06 hectares
Grid reference
TF 63145 03520
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Old gatehouse at Bexwell Hall is a medieval gatehouse surviving from the 15th century, located near Bexwell in Norfolk. The structure represents the entrance architecture of what was formerly a substantial manorial or ecclesiastical establishment, with Bexwell having historical connections to religious houses. The gatehouse exhibits characteristics typical of late medieval defensive architecture, though its precise original function within the wider complex has been shaped by subsequent alterations and the loss of associated structures. The monument survives today as a testament to the settlement hierarchy and architectural investment of medieval Norfolk landholding.

Old gatehouse at Bexwell Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003963. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Old gatehouse at Bexwell Hall?

Old gatehouse at Bexwell Hall is a medieval gatehouse surviving from the 15th century, located near Bexwell in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003963.

Who is responsible for protecting Old gatehouse at Bexwell Hall?

Old gatehouse at Bexwell Hall is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1003963.

What other scheduled monuments are near Old gatehouse at Bexwell Hall?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site 140m north east of Crimplesham Hall (1.8 km), Moated site and associated earthwork enclosures 190m south east of Denver Hall (2.6 km), Remains of monastic grange with moated site at Grange Farm (4.1 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Moated site 140m north east of Crimplesham Hall
1.8 km
Moated site and associated earthwork enclosures 190m south east of Denver Hall
2.6 km
Remains of monastic grange with moated site at Grange Farm
4.1 km
Site of St Mary's Abbey
4.5 km
Bowl barrow known as The Mound, 700m north east of Stradsett Hall
4.9 km
Moated site and associated earthworks 270m north east of Millers Farm
4.9 km
Roman farmstead and adjacent enclosures 300m east of Rose Hill Farm
5.5 km
Medieval settlement remains immediately west of All Saints' Church
7.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Old gatehouse at Bexwell Hall

Old gatehouse at Bexwell Hall stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Old gatehouse at Bexwell Hall

Grimes GravesArchaeological site · ~14.3 miles
Domesday entry for Bexwell, Norfolk →
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