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Latitude: 52.6942 / 52°41'39"N
Longitude: 1.4826 / 1°28'57"E
OS Eastings: 635433
OS Northings: 316415
OS Grid: TG354164
Mapcode National: GBR XJK.3N5
Mapcode Global: WHMTB.RJ6X
Plus Code: 9F43MFVM+M3
Entry Name: Boat and agricultural shed 65m south of Burefield
Listing Date: 20 November 2025
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1494816
ID on this website: 101494816
County: Norfolk
District: North Norfolk
Civil Parish: Horning
Traditional County: Norfolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Norfolk
Boat shed and attached agricultural shed, built around 1911.
Boat shed and attached agricultural shed, built around 1911.
MATERIALS: The roofs are thatched with Norfolk reed. The walls are timber framed with horizontal branch rails and reed infill, and the south and east walls have a roughcast render.
PLAN: The long rectangular-plan building is aligned east to west. It is generally formed of two halves with a boathouse in the west half (open to the west), and the east end of the boathouse and two agricultural sheds in the east half.
EXTERIOR: The boathouse is a single-storey structure and its roof line is nearly a metre lower than the attached agricultural shed to the east. The roof of the boathouse is hipped at its west end, and is thatched with Norfolk reed and an ornate ridge. The south side facing the river is timber framed with rough render. The west end is open to the river, and the north side is open to the house, with the roof supported by nine timber posts along the north side. Nearly halfway along the north side, the eaves rise in an eyebrow or segmental arch to provide headroom for those boarding or alighting from boats.
The east half, containing the east end of the boathouse and two agricultural sheds, has a pitched roof, also with a Norfolk reed covering and an ornate ridge. On the north and south elevations, the eaves rise with an eyebrow or segmental arch over window and door openings. The walls are timber framed with horizontal branch rails and reed infill. The north elevation has a three-light window to the east end of the boathouse and a flat-arched door to the west agricultural shed. The east gable is rough rendered and has a stable door to the east agricultural shed and a hayloft door over. The south elevation, also rough rendered, has a three-light window to the west agricultural shed and a flat-arched timber-battened door to the east end of the boathouse.
INTERIOR: The east end of the boathouse has a poured concrete floor. The east agricultural shed retains a wrought-iron hay rack.
The boat and agricultural shed 65m south of the Burefield is part of the property of Burefield (NHLE 1494727). Although undated, its construction was contemporary with that of the first house on this site around 1911 and the motor garage 5m north-west of Burefield.
For a more detailed history of Burefield see NHLE 1494727.
The boat and agricultural shed 65m south of Burefield, built around 1911, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
* as an estate building executed in the picturesque or cottage orné style favoured in the northern Broads and for the waterside chalets around Horning and Wroxham;
* for its strong vernacular quality and craftsmanship, employing locally sourced Norfolk reed, horizontal branch rails, reed infill and roughcast render.
Historic interest:
* as evidence of the evolving social, ecological, sporting and recreational history of the Broads in the late C19 and C20, and the increased demand for a quieter life in the countryside during the C20.
Group value:
* for the historic and functional group it forms with Burefield, a holiday cottage built around 1911 and extended as a family home in the mid-1930s, and its numerous estate buildings, including a barn, moon gate and garden wall, tractor shed and apple store, car garage, tennis court, machinery shed and summerhouse, each listed at Grade II.
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