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Beaupre Hall
Hob Uid: 355767
Location : Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk Outwell
Grid Ref : TF5140004500
Summary : The site of Beaupre Hall, a late medieval great house. It was built by Nicholas de Baupre in the first half of the 16th century. An Elizabethan hall porch and north east wing were added around 1570. The hall ceased to be a family residence in about 1939 when it was taken over as a military base by the RAF. It was possibly the battery headquarters of 345 Searchlight in 1941. After the war the hall drifted into disrepair and in 1960 an attempt was made to preserve at least the Gate Towers for posterity. However, in 1966, when the rest of the hall was demolished, the gatehouse became unsafe and it too was destroyed. The site is now occupied by a modern bungalow.Beaupre Hall was a medieval great house consisting of a central turreted gatehouse with connecting ranges to end pavilions. A chapel was located in the north pavilion. There was also a dovecote and the house was surrounded by a moat. 19th century illustrations indicate that the house was two storeys with an attic wing, a turreted gatehouse, gable stack and Venetian window. There was a second two-storey range with projecting porch tower.
More information : TF 514045. Beaupre Hall (NR) Chapel (NR) Moat (NR). (1) Beaupre Hall dates from circa 1500. It consists of a central gatehouse with connecting ranges to end pavilions. In the north pavilion there was a chapel. Across the narrow courtyard is the hall porch and both it and the north east wing is Elizabethan. It is now in ruins and the south half of the whole is mostly pulled down. (2-4) The Hall and outbuildings have now been demolished and their sites built over. The moat has been infilled leaving no surface trace. (5) Beaupre Hall was built c. 1500. It had a central gatehouse with connecting ranges to end pavilions. A chapel was built in the north pavilion. The southwest wing was built in 1500 and a gatehouse and dovecote added in 1530. A hall porch and north east wing was added in 1570. It was surrounded by a moat. Illustrations show a turretted two storey gatehouse with attic wing. There is a gable stack and Venetian window. The hall fell into ruins in the 1960s and was pulled down. A modern bungalow now stands on the site. (6) Various illustrations which indicate how it would have looked. (7)

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Source details : OS 6" 1950
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Source details : Bldgs of Eng NW and S Norf 1962 280 (N Pevsner)
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Source details : Norf Arch 32 1961 194 (B.C. Hardy)
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Source details : DOE (HHR) Marshland Norf Nov 1948 1
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Source details : F1 FDC 26-SEP-78
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : Norfolk Heritage Explorer. 2009. Beaupre Hall, 4210, [Accessed 17-JUN-2009]
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service. 2009. Beaupre Hall, [Accessed 17-JUN-2009]
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Built early 16thC
Monument End Date : 1532
Monument Start Date : 1501
Monument Type : Chapel, Great House, Moat, Gatehouse
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Tudor
Display Date : Wing added 1570
Monument End Date : 1570
Monument Start Date : 1570
Monument Type : Great House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Mid 20th Century
Display Date : Demolished 1966
Monument End Date : 1966
Monument Start Date : 1966
Monument Type : House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : Converted RAF base 1939
Monument End Date : 1939
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Military Headquarters
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : Converted searchligh hq 1941
Monument End Date : 1941
Monument Start Date : 1941
Monument Type : Military Headquarters
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Late 20th Century
Display Date : Built Late 20th C
Monument End Date : 2000
Monument Start Date : 1967
Monument Type : Bungalow
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Norfolk)
External Cross Reference Number : 4210
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External Cross Reference Source : NBR Index Number
External Cross Reference Number : 32605
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TF 50 SW 11
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1978-09-26
End Date : 1978-09-26

Associated Activities :
Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 2014-01-01
End Date : 2014-12-31