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Wodehouse Tower, Kimberley

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Kimberley Hall

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

Ruins of a moated house in Kimberley Park. It was quadrangular in plan with flanking turrets, a tower and chapel, constructed circa 1400 and demolished before 1659. Field investigations in 1973 found the house surviving as a ruin, the walls to a height of 1 metre, situated within the earthworks of a moat. To the south was a hollow way which extended north to east through an area of minor desertion, into a complex of fishponds. The house stood at the southern end of the moated island. The northern section of the island would have contained either a garden or a second courtyard with outbuildings.

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


This site is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 226508)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TG076041

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PastScape number; 130569

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