Oxburgh Hall, Oxborough

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Oxborough Hall

In the civil parish of Oxborough.
In the historic county of Norfolk (Modern Authority of Norfolk, 1974 county of Norfolk).

Fortified country house with a licence to crenellate in 1482. Extensive refurbishments during late C18 and C19 with the involvement of Buckler and A Pugin. Built of brick with some stone dressings and a pantile roof. Square moated site of four wings around a courtyard. The majority of the north, west and part of the eastern wings is C15 in date. The south wing was built in 1865, with an adjoining C18 section to the west and a mainly C19 tower to the east. A C15 gatehouse stands in the centre of the north facade and an early C18 bridge crosses the moat. Excavation revealed a brick-lined shaft dating from circa 1480, possibly a well or a garderobe shaft.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Major remains.

A Royal licence to crenellate was granted in 1482 July 3.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TF74240123

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 356967

• Web site links
  • http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/historicproperties/index.cfm?fuseaction=property&property_id=127
    http://www.castles-abbeys.co.uk/Various-Pictures2.html
    http://www.theheritagetrail.co.uk/manor%20houses/oxburgh%20hall.htm
    http://www.touruk.co.uk/houses/housenorf_oxb.htm
    http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_east_anglia/143/oxburghhall.htm
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern) p68-9
    Liddiard, R., 2000, Landscapes of Lordship (Oxford: BAR 309) p112-3
    Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p138
    Kent, Peter, 1988, Fortifications of East Anglia (Lavenham: Ternence Dalton)
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p163
    Rogerson, Andrew, 1994, 'Castles' in Wade-Martins, P, (ed), An Historical Atlas of Norfolk (2edn Norwich; Norfolk Museums) p68-9
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p310
    Wilton, J.W., 1979, Earthworks and Fortifications of Norfolk (Weathercock Press) p27
    Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1962, Buildings of England: Norwich and north-east Norfolk (Penguin) p282-3
    Tipping, H.A., 1937, English Homes, period 1 Vol2 (London) p321-42
    Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p307
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p290-2
    Pugin, A., 1850, Pugin's Examples of Gothic Architecture (London: Henry and Bohn) Vol1
    Britton, John, 1809, The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain Vol11 p87
• Journal Articles
  • Rose, E., Jennings, S., 1985, 'The excavation of a brick-lined shaft and its contents at Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk' Post-Medieval Archaeology Vol19 p35-47
    Kenyon, J.R., 1981 'Early Artillery Fortifications in England and Wales: a Preliminary Survey and Re-appraisal' Archaeological Journal Vol138 p227-8
    Coulson, C., 1979, 'Structural Symbolism in Medieval Castle Architecture' Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol132 p79
    1977, Fort Vol4 p83
    Tipping, H.A.,1929, 'Oxburgh Hall' Country Life, 66 p194-202, 224-32
    1903, Country Life Vol13 p470-7
    Leyland, 1897, Country Life Vol1 p548-50
• Guidebooks
  • Bedingfield, A.L., 1968 (2edn), Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk (National Trust)
    de Zulueta, F., 1953, Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk (National Trust)
• Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls (1476-85) p308